Johnathan Walton

Johnathan Walton is the host of the podcast "Queen of the Con: The Irish Heiress" and is a vigilante who hunts down con artists. The first con artist Walton put in jail was Marianne Smyth aka Mair Smyth aka Marianne Clark,[1] who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from 43 victims, including Walton himself,[2] in the United States and Europe, using an elaborate series of confidence tricks.[3][4] She was convicted of stealing money from him and spent about two years in jail.[5]

Not to be confused with Jonathan Walton.
Johnathan Walton
Occupation(s)Journalist and podcaster
Websitehttps://johnathanwalton.com/

Walton also works as a producer on reality television shows like American Ninja Warrior for NBC, Shark Tank for ABC and Savage Builds for the Discovery Channel.[6] His career in unscripted television was preceded by a 10-year stint as an Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter and producer at local stations KHOU-TV in Houston, Texas, KABB-TV in San Antonio, Texas and WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida.[7][8]

Awards
  • Has won four Regional Emmys for his primetime television specials for CBS Houston (KHOU-TV).
    • 2006 Emmy for Walton's World Gone Wild aired Dec. 2005. KHOU-TV Houston Johnathan Walton, Reporter[9]
    • 2005 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Strikes Back aired Dec. 2004.
    • 2004 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Gone Wild[10]
    • 2003 Emmy for Christmas in Walton's World show.[11][12]
  • 2004 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters First Place Light Feature.[13]
  • Numerous Houston Press Club Lone Star Awards
  • 2003 Houston Chronicle Award for "Baffoon". Described as "A pudgy, puckish clown for the 21st century,"[14]
  • 2006 Houston Chronicle Award for Funny Person on Local TV. Described as "tickles us best"[15]

References
  1. "Suspected con artist heads to DTLA court over grand theft charges". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. Walton, Johnathan. "Official website". Johnathan Walton. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. Cunningham, Waylon (2019-01-11). "Maryville-raised con artist convicted in Los Angeles". The Daily Times. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. Kilkenney, Katie. "The Hollywood Producer, the "Heiress" and a Very Personal Quest for Justice". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. Whittle, Patrick (2024-05-09). "Scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress should be extradited to UK, judge rules". AP News. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  6. "Johnathan Walton | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  9. "Lone Star Chapter of NATAS - Emmy Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2006-10-25.2006 Lone Star Emmy
  10. Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine2005 Lone Star Emmy
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)2004 Lone Star Emmy
  12. Belo Press Release
  13. "Belo Corp. | Press Releases". Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2006-09-12.Walton wins First Place Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Light Feature
  14. 2003 Houston Chronicle calls Walton "Funny and smart"
  15. 2006 Houston Chronicle says that Walton "tickles us best"


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