Wealthy Art Dealer’s Craigslist Search for Love Ends in “Diabolical” Con, Shocking Murder

Murder Files Unsealed · Apr 19, 2026 · 37m · transcript

This episode recounts the harrowing murder-for-profit scheme targeting Clifford Lambert, a wealthy Palm Springs art dealer who was seeking companionship on Craigslist. After being rejected by a younger suitor, a group of calculating con artists orchestrated "Operation Craigslist" to assassinate Lambert and seize his extensive estate through forgery and identity theft. The plot was ultimately exposed when neighbors and real estate agents grew suspicious of looted artwork and unauthorized attempts to sell his home. Although the killers were initially convicted, a judicial bias scandal forced a…