Love Fraud (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Wichita - full transcript

Upbeat music

slow, somber music

"Part Time Love"
by Bridget Everett

Oh

You tell me the truth

And then you tell me lies

First you say hello

And then you say goodbye

Oh

I never know

I never know just
what you're thinking of



But I don't want no

No, I don't want no

Part-time love

No...

I'm coming for you

gentle music

Fuck. My ears.

Come on, let's go.

Yeah!

They're coming.

Kicking up their hooves.

These are the hills.

Men have died here.

Men have disappeared here.



And if Richard Scott Smith

did to the women here
what he has done elsewhere,

he would disappear.

Not because he wanted
to disappear.

He would disappear and he would
never be seen again.

You do something like that
to a woman around here,

and you are asking for death.

I was a bartender.

And I was working one night,

and there was a lady and a guy
sitting at the bar.

And he slapped her,
he backhanded her.

And she, of course,
flew off the barstool.

I was like, "Oh, hell no."

And I, like,
went across the bar,

grabbed him around the neck, and

me and him both went to the
floor and he went to sleep.

And there was another guy
in the bar that seen me do it.

And he was like, "You
ever thought of bounty hunting?"

And I'm like, "What's that?"

"That's where you go pick up bad
guys and throw 'em in jail."

"Really? How risky is that?"

"Pretty risky.
But you're a fighter.

I think you can handle it."

I'm like, "Wow.
Do I get to carry a gun?"

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Richard Scott Smith

needs to be off the streets.

That's my whole goal
in life right now.

But there's gonna come a time
where he's gonna screw up.

It's just when, where...

It's a waiting game.

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Looking
for that taste of the sea?

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you can find the delicious

made-from-scratch seafood
you've been craving.

Try the #1 Loaded Platter
that'll feed

two to three people.

A boil of snow crab, shrimp,

sausage, corn,
eggs and potatoes.

Top it off by one
of our signature sauces

with original honey garlic,
Cajun,

lemon pepper, or even spicy.

Visit KC's Krab Kingz
at 784 North West Street

for an inviting
yet casual atmosphere.

It's time to taste
the experience.

KC's Krab Kingz
at 784 North West Street

in Wichita,
and like us on Facebook.

Intriguing music

"On Wednesday,
Texas-based Krab Kingz LLC

put something on Facebook
about..."

Holy shit!

"Company partner Mickey Smith."

Oh, my God.

-Jesus.

Piece o' shit.

That prick has been
in Wichita all this time.

Wow.

This is just fucking insane.

I don't even know
where to go with this.

"Hi, I'm Mickey Smith.

I'm vice president
of Krab Kingz.

Best damn crab
you'll never eat."

I would have never
looked for him, ever,

in a restaurant of any kind.

How the fuck do you go
from apartments to crab cakes?

Damn.

I just don't... Yeah. Crab.

Fucking crab. Really?

All right,
what's happening in the world

of food and restaurants
in Wichita?

You, you have your finger
on the pulse.

Apparently we're getting
a Krab Kingz

- seafood place?
- Seafood, yes.

Krab with a "K,"
Kingz with a "Z."

I-I don't mind crab,
and I like seafood.

You mention something...

a couple things that are
happening in my neighborhood.

Tell me about, uh...

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There's a passage
in the Bible, Matthew 24.

Matthew 24 says,
"In the last days,

family will turn against family,

husband against wife."

And that's what's going on
right now.

My good old back's hurting.

Yesterday I get a phone call,

and it says "private number."

So I answered it, and this
woman answered, said, "Jim?"

I said, "Yeah."

She says, "You don't know me,

but I just want you to know
where your wife's at."

I'm going, "Huh?
The heck's all this?"

You know, I-I, you know,
I knew it was something anyway,

that she was messing around
with somebody else.

But I didn't know to the extent
of what-what was going on.

She said,

"Richard Scott Smith
and your wife

bought a king crab restaurant

in Wichita."

I said, "What? Bullshit."

Said, "There ain't no way."

Hi, this is Karla at Krab Kingz
in Wichita, Kansas.

Guess what.

We got our gift cards.

I lost it.

I go, "This is nuts."

And I said,

"I'm gonna beat
the living shit out of him."

And I, and I t...
I called her, I told her,

I said,
"You tell that piece of shit,

I will blow his F-ing brains
all over fucking town."

I said, "I know a lot of people,
and he won't live very long."

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My buddy called me
and they said,

"Jim, I wouldn't do it.

They will throw you in jail."

They said,
"The best thing you can do

is get the hell out of this
and just go on with your life."

So I sat there and thought
about it, I was boiling mad.

Then I calmed down and I said,
"Yeah, you're right."

"But... I still want
my wife back."

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Fuck.

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This is Phil talking
about Krab Kingz

seafood restaurant.

I have got Karla
with a "K" on the line.

What is cooking over there
at Krab Kingz?

Well, let me tell you,

we have five of the most
mouthwatering, succulent,

buttery sauces to choose from,
and you can even mix them up.

We've got our original,
our lemon pepper,

our honey garlic,
our Cajun, and our spicy.

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I was just swiping
through my Facebook,

looking at things, and I saw
a post from a friend

about this seafood restaurant
coming to Wichita.

Everybody wanted this seafood.

Everybody needed it.

Not wanted it, needed it.

And then, within like a week,

they put a "now hiring"
on their, on their page.

So I said, "Well, why not?

I'm-a go go ahead
and put my résumé in."

And that same day,
the actual owner

of Krab Kingz contacted me.

His name was Mickey Smith.

I called him.

I didn't know who this guy was.
I didn't care.

All I wanted to do
was get a good job

and eat all the seafood I could.

I thought it was a great plan,

You know?

I was like,

"Hell yeah,
I'm about to get this job."

I walk in
and I meet Mickey Smith.

He had a great way with words,
you know what I mean?

Like he was
an old restaurant owner

and he had been doing
this business for years.

And then I meet Karla Campbell.

At first
I didn't know who she was.

I thought she was
just his girlfriend,

but in all actuality

they were lovers and co-owners.

She told me
that she was divorced,

but I found out she was
actually still married.

Hold on, hold on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

There's a story here. Okay.

Um...

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I already knew
about Rick... Scott,

the crook Smith.

He had already told me
it was a witch hunt.

He said,
"Karla, I know how you are,

but you got to trust me."

I didn't know whether
to believe that or not.

If-if they had something on him,
wouldn't he go to jail?

My husband's name is Jim,

and we've been married
for 39 years.

I was crazy about Jim.

Okay? But I was sad
most of the time.

I wanted him to, you know,
hold me and be more loving...

but he didn't want to.

Then I started singing karaoke,

and that's where I met Rick.

He came up to me and he said,
"I'm gonna sing this one song,"

and I think it was
that Tim McGraw one.

He goes, I'm gonna walk down
onto the dance floor,

and I want you
to come take my hand.

After he gets done singing,

he goes, "I want
to go out with Karla.

I want to date Karla.

It's Karla all day long."

He had a vivacious personality,

and we went everywhere.

I met all kinds of people.

I-I did, I had
the time of my life with him.

So I just feel like
this was meant to be.

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You know, people have dreams.

When I went to New York,

I went to Bubba Gump's,
and I fell in love with it.

We go in and my mouth drops.

I am so taken

by the smell, the look.

Oh, man, the taste.
The buttery taste.

And I said, "I'd love to have
a restaurant like this one day."

Then Rick's on my computer.

He's putting in my information.

Okay? And I'm like,
"What are you doing?"

And he goes, "Putting
your information in here,

trying to get you
a business credit card."

Well, I'm mad i-in one way

but then I'm kind of excited to
see if I can actually get one.

And so,

in the back of my mind,
I'm thinking,

"What if I don't
take this chance?"

rock music

Do you want
a to-go box for that?

Yeah.

- You want a bag?
- Yeah.

It was booming.

But I started to notice

that things were a little weird
when he never wanted to be

in a picture, especially on the
grand opening of his business.

He didn't want to be
in a picture,

he didn't want his face
on video, anything like that.

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It wasn't just,
like, mean or anything.

He's like, "Yeah, I don't like
my picture taken," you know?

And so, I didn't really think
anything of it at the time.

I mean, it was just fun.

And he had a lot of charisma.

He would bring energy
in the room.

Customers loved it.

And he kept on saying,

you know,
"This is family-oriented.

This is family.
We all want to be a team here.

This is gonna be successful."

So, one night after work,
we all went to the club,

and we were all kind of joking
with Mickey about Karla,

'cause I assumed
that they were married.

And he was like...

almost flipped out
that I said that.

And he would just
call her a freak.

You know,
"She just doesn't get it.

I don't want anything
to do with her.

I do not like her."

The day that we open,
our grand opening,

Mickey bought flowers,

and I'm thinking they're for me.

No.

So we went
to a couple places downtown.

We went and had sushi...

But it was just really odd...

...because we were only together

for, like, three days.

And he did say
he loved me a few times.

Have many, many texts,
many, many messages.

Oh, yeah. Text, text, text,
text, text, text, text,

text, text, text, text, text,
text, text, text, text, text,

text, text...

text, text, text, text,
text, text, text, text,

text, text, text, text, text...

I love you very much.
I sent you a text.

You know,
I'm just thinking about you.

So, know that I really, really
love you and I miss you a lot.

Hey, baby, it's me. I love you

more than anything
in this entire world.

I-I want to spend time with you.

Please call me. I love you.

Bye-bye.

Hey, it's me.
I hope that you're just

gonna show up over here.

I really miss you.

The most important thing
to me is you.

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It was just,

it was creepy.

It was odd.

I'm searching for someone...

...that, honestly,

I've never really had before.

And then, all of a sudden,

he just, like, disappeared
off the face of the earth.

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Just like that, he was gone.

Vanished.

He had disappeared
into the wind.

What happened next?

Paychecks come in.

They bounce.

Every single employee's
paycheck bounced.

Mickey Smith had flushed

the entire bank account out.

And Karla was frantically
going to the bank,

trying to take his name
off of things,

trying to empty out accounts
and make new ones.

And I actually felt sorry
for Karla, honestly.

I felt really sorry for her,

because she had gotten scammed
by a great con artist.

Or she was part of it
the whole time.

I found out that she stole
her husband's 401(k),

and that's how she started
this restaurant.

It made me really start
to think, "Damn, this is a,

almost like a Bonnie
and Clyde-type situation."

I was like, "I just got scammed

by the elderly
Bonnie and Clyde."

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I think a few of 'em thought

that I was part of this scam.

But I'm looking straight
into their eyes

and letting them know,
"You can trust me."

I'm telling you right now,
"You can trust me."

I went through a lot
because of Rick.

It seemed like
he basically wanted me

to get this business going so
he can make whatever and boogie.

Is-is what they said,
"Make the money and run."

But...

it's kind of
a bittersweet thing for me,

because he lives off

other people's dreams... and...

he makes people's fantasies
come true.

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Hey, it's me.
I need you to call me

as quick as possible.

I-I, I just...

...I-I really,
really feel, Tammy,

that I-I want you to call.

Uh, I need you
to call me real quick.

That's, like,
a week and a half ago.

He called you a week ago?

Was it a, a new phone number?

No, it was the...

5-5 number.

I don't think...
It goes right to voice mail now.

Oh, you guys don't have
that number, do you?

Yeah, he told me not
to give it out to anybody.

You guys promise
you don't work for him?

I promise.

If I end up dead...

If I, if I end up
in a bag somewhere,

you guys better take up for me.

He wanted me to pick him up.

He was saying
that he had to sell his car,

and that he was walking
and crying,

but I wouldn't do it.

"I swear on a stack of Bibles
that I have not lied to you."

"I miss and love you
and I am at the cathedral

praying for guidance."

Where is he?

I have no earth...

I have no idea. I really don't.

Yo, V.I.P.

Let's kick it

Ice, ice, baby

Ice, ice, baby

All right, stop,
collaborate and listen

Scott is back with
my brand-new invention

Something grabs
a hold of me tightly

Flow like a harpoon
daily and nightly

Will it ever stop?
Yo, I don't know

Turn off the lights
and I'll glow

To the extreme,
I rock a mic like a vandal

Light up a stage,
wax a chump like a candle

Dance, ice, ice, baby

Vanilla Ice, Ice, baby

Ice

Thank you, thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right. Karla, come on up.

Put it together for Karla.

Nights in white satin

Never reaching the end

Letters I've written

Never meaning to send

Beauty I'd always missed

With these eyes before

Just what the truth is

I can't say anymore

'Cause I love you

Yes, I love you

Oh, how I love you...

When you love somebody,
you know,

you hope for the best.

'Cause you always hope
it'll work.

She, uh, she went out on me.

But you're supposed
to be able to forgive.

And I love her.

So I'll try to stick with you.

"Nights in White Satin"
by Moody Blues

'Cause I love you

Yes, I love you

Oh, I love you...

Oh, I love you

lighthearted music

Ah, you dirty bitch.

I get really
stressed out sometimes,

and when I get stressed out,
I do these.

Keeps me from killing people.

Gentle music

Richard Scott Smith
had nothing left

here in Kansas City.

He's on the run from the law

because he's skating
on his probation,

and he needs a new place
to call home.

So he took off and went
to Wichita.

Then he starts a restaurant.

Dude ain't never much more
than ate in a restaurant,

and he's running a Krab King.

And as far as I know,

it was very successful.

But he ran off
with nickels and dimes.

He did not run off with
millions of dollars at all.

That restaurant is not worth
a million dollars.

So he basically screwed
everybody he could screw

for a few thousand dollars,

and walked down the street
and moved on again.

And none of it makes any sense.

It-It's like, what kind
of con is that?

He makes enough money
to support his habits,

like new trucks and new Harleys.

He's a good con man, but
he's not a big-dollar con man.

He's a nickel-and-dime con man.

He goes after middle-income
women that have

just enough money
to make him look good.

Meanwhile, he drains them
of everything

they've worked
their whole life for,

and it's not that much.

It's almost like a game to him.

And, I don't know,
it just makes you wonder...

what the fuck?!

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quiet, ambient music

When he was a child,

he knew right from wrong.

So, what twisted

in his head...

...is hard to say.

Back then, we called him
by his middle name, Scott.

Scott lived with his
grandparents until he was

almost nine,

because there was abuse
going on with his mother.

Scott's mother came from

the strangest background.

Her mother and grandmother...

...committed suicide together.

They lit the house on fire.

That could have done
a lot of things to her...

...because she was just
not sound.

And then,
when Scott turned nine,

he was visiting her
for Christmas.

She had been pretty much
out of his life.

And all of a sudden,
she ran off with him.

There were no addresses
forwarded to any of us.

No telephone numbers.

It was like he dropped off
the face of the earth.

And who knows what she
could have done to him.

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"Escape (The Piña Colada
Song)" by Rupert Holmes

The subscriber
you have dialed...

Scott Smith.

...is not in service.

Please hang up and try
your call again later.

If you like piña coladas

And gettin' caught in the rain

If you're not into yoga

If you have half a brain

If you like makin' love
at midnight

In the dunes of the cape

Then I'm the love
that you've looked for

Write to me and escape

Yes, I like piña coladas

And getting caught in the rain

And the feel of the ocean

And the taste of champagne