Podcast Episodes

Someday We'll Find It: The Pizza Connection

What's your favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni? Anchovies? A kilo of heroin? If it's the drugs, the Sicilian mob had a pizza parlor for you! They created networks of drug wholesale hubs in modest pizz…

Published on 11 hours ago

America's First Great Bank Robber: George Leonidas Leslie

When people speak of the first American bank robber, typically, they think of Jesse James. While he may have been the first world famous bandit and bank robber, he was not the most prolific. That was…

Published on 2 days, 19 hours ago

Welcome to the Dollhouse: Velvalee Dickinson

In wartime, codes and puzzles become a language of warfare. But if you can make a code, someone can break the code. Enter Velvalee Dickinson. She was a lover of costumed porcelain dolls and Japanese …

Published on 1 week ago

Warmest Regards, The Leopard: Betty Grable Extortion Letters

She was America's Sweetheart, a woman whose gorgeous gams kept the antifascist Allied forces going as they won WWII. With talent, humor, beauty, and wit;, Betty Grable was a star. And with stardom co…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Very Special Episodes: Being Joe Isuzu

In the golden age of 1980s television, few faces were more familiar — or more dishonest — than Joe Isuzu’s. Actor David Leisure brought the fast-talking car salesman to life, turning a parody of adve…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Lord Buckingham, I Presume: Charles Stopford

Florida man unhappy with life. Florida man move to Europe. Florida man change name. Florida man take phony title. Uh oh, Florida man get in trouble. 

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Published on 2 weeks ago

Say It Ain't So, Joe: The 1919 Black Sox Scandal

What does it take to fix the World Series? You'll need players willing to tank the most important games of their careers, a powerful criminal element, and a solid plan. Well, two out of three's not b…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Billy Don't Be a Hero: Fyre Fest

A modern flim flam artist, Billy McFarland was known for scheming and coming up with ways to make money and have fun doing it. His magnum opus was the epic Fyre Festival. Intended as a luxurious conc…

Published on 3 weeks ago

McMillions: When Uncle Jerry Rigged the McDonald's Monopoly Game

Imagine you have the power to mint millionaires. But to do it you have to engage in crime. Specifically, you have to rig the McDonald's Monopoly game. Now, would you pick as your partners in this cri…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Jeffrey Alan Manchester: The Roofman Cometh…AGAIN

In honor of the new Paramount Pictures movie Roofman, we’re re-releasing this episode from May 2024. Paratrooper Jeff Manchester used his skills to burgle Corporate America as The Roofman. First, he'…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago