Home Podcasts The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook

The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook

Isla Traquair 79 episodes Nov 10, 2026

Isla Traquair, an award-winning investigative journalist, uncovers the truth behind a shocking exposé featured in the new documentary Narcissist's Playbook. A respected professor of psychology who claims to help people recover from narcissistic abuse is revealed to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. The series follows the investigation from first contact to the final confrontation, with real interviews from those at the heart of the case, international experts, survivors, and diagnosed narcissists. It is the fourth installment in The Storyteller series, following three number-one true crime podcasts.

Episodes

S4 Ep37: EP 37 -The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep37: EP 37 -The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Nov 10, 2026 1:10:40 EP 37 - Cluster B Milkshake Part 1 - Sara Crouson has been diagnosed with a "milkshake" of personality disorders and is using therapy and educating people on the internet in an effort to lead a happier life for her and her children. She is one of four self aware narcissists that feature in the documentary Narcissist's Playbook. Her interview for the podcast was a couple of years after the documen
S4 Ep36: EP 36 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep36: EP 36 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Nov 5, 2026 1:08:17 TRIGGER WARNING (child abuse) - Barry Sonnenfeld is one of the survivors of narcissistic abuse who features in the documentary, The Narcissist's Playbook. You'll know his outstanding work in the movies, including When Harry Met Sally, The Addams Family and Men In Black films and much more. What you may not know is that both Barry's parents were narcissists and they knowingly allowed a relative to
S4 Ep35: EP 35 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep35: EP 35 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Nov 3, 2026 45:27 North Macedonia - another victim of Sam Vaknin's abuse. Three professors in the country where the fake professor has been living for three decades, have taken it upon themselves to warn people about the allegations against him including sexual abuse and fraud. Prof Rumena Buzarovska is one of three hosts of the podcast Radio Mileva. After watching the documentary Narcissist's Playbook and being h
S4 Ep34: EP 34 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep34: EP 34 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 29, 2026 1:07:15 A Tale of Two Sock-puppets - Sam Vaknin lies but the data doesn't. In Part 2 of the conversation with the cyber expert, the deep dives continues as more and more "receipts" are found. Two decades of recorded edits of SV's Wikipedia show the lengths he has gone to, to protect his false academic status and  even the founder of Wikipedia Jimbo Wales, had a part to play. Digital timeline: samvaknin.i
S4 Ep33: EP 33 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep33: EP 33 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 27, 2026 51:17 The Sock-puppet Master Part 1 - Fake accounts and fraud, Sam Vaknin who has falsely presented himself as a Professor of Psychology to gain access to women through therapy, has used the internet to maintain his lies for two decades. A cyber expert contacted journalist Isla Traquair after hearing the podcast and offered his skills. He uncovered the method that SV has been using to block changes bei
S4 Ep32: EP 32 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep32: EP 32 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 22, 2026 1:20:37 The Professor's verdict - From the absurd to the abhorrent, Psychology Professor Inna Kanevsky examines the impossibilities of Sam Vaknin's academic claims. There is no paper trail, there is no proof he has any qualifications in any subject. Although all of this has been covered in the series, hearing it from a professor who has become world famous for debunking misinformation about psychology on
S4 Ep31: EP 31 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep31: EP 31 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 20, 2026 1:06:24 Part 2 - HG Tudor gives his perspective as a diagnosed narcissistic psychopath on the behaviour of another diagnosed narcissistic psychopath, Sam Vaknin. Following on from Part 1 in which we listened back to the key moments of the confrontation interview with the fake professor, HG now offers his observations on some of the digital evidence particularly at the point when the victims have contacte
S4 Ep30: EP 30 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep30: EP 30 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 15, 2026 1:11:51 EP 30 - Psychopath on Psychopath Part 1. There are two big names who are both diagnosed narcissistic psychopaths serving a niche on the internet offering insights into their pathology. One is Sam Vaknin, who is accused of multiple allegations of sexually abusing women using fake credentials to lure them in, and the other is anonymous Englishman HG Tudor. The latter does not claim to hold any psych
S4 Ep29: EP 29 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep29: EP 29 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 13, 2026 1:10:02 Being seen - British healthcare worker "Rachel" tagged along with a friend to watch author Sam Vaknin do a seminar on narcissism in London in November 2018. He was yet to name himself the made-up title of Dr Professor. Over a year later, after he had criticised her in the comments section of his social media deeming her not intelligent enough, he eventually messaged her privately and everything c
S4 Ep28: EP 28 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep28: EP 28 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 8, 2026 1:15:59 Sam Vaknin was her idol - Grace is a second year PhD Philosophy student and for years she has admired the man she believed to be a professor. He wasn't just someone she watched from afar, he became a mentor and was even referenced in her Masters thesis. When she recently heard via Sam about what he's calling a "smear campaign" she brushed it off as a misunderstanding over him being a Doctor of Ph
S4 Ep27: EP 27 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep27: EP 27 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 6, 2026 58:00 The mystery woman - an alarming incident at one of Sam Vaknin's seminars in Macedonia last year was recorded by one of the attendees who herself believes she was being targeted. The director of CIAPS, Anthony Kila, who is himself currently under investigation for being a fake therapist, was a co-sponsor of this event and did not take  me up on my offer to listen to the audio of this serious safeg
S4 Ep26: EP 26 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
S4 Ep26: EP 26 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook Oct 1, 2026 1:58:25 Monsters do exist - An introduction to HG Tudor, the faceless diagnosed psychopath who keeps his identity a secret but tells Isla Traquair that one day he will reveal himself, even if it's at his funeral. In this episode you'll learn some chilling details about psychopaths and warnings to heed. If a psychopath tells you "his kind" are evil and cannot change, it's advisable to believe them. For ex

Recommended