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Ridiculous Crime

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True Crime is more than blood, guts, mayhem, and murder. Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton share outlandish tales of capers, heists, and cons that shine a light on the absurd and outrageous side of criminality. Always 99% murder-free and 100% ridiculous, this is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
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Rare Book Chat

Jeremy O'Connor and Michael DiRuggiero

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Dive deep into the fascinating world of rare books with Rare Book Chat. Hosted by Michael DiRuggiero and Jeremy O'Connor, the co-founders of The Manhattan Rare Book Company, this podcast explores the unique and often valuable items that fill the world of rare books, manuscripts, letters, photographs, archives, and more. From historical documents to literary first editions, we'll discuss the stories behind these one-of-a-kind treasures. Join us as we explore the intricacies of the rare book t ...
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The best part of espionage is the spycraft, the cool gadgets and codes often disguised as everyday objects. Some look like lipstick, others like umbrellas. And then there are the ones that are a bit riskier because they're smaller and easier to misplace. Coins. Talkin' about coins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ Did you know that medical debt is the number one source of collections on credit reports? Medical collections have been the wild west of credit repair for years, but get ready. The rules are changing again, and if you're not prepared, you could miss out on some of the …
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When World War II broke out, the biggest star in the world planned to sit it out. But as Fate would have it, events conspired to motivate Clark Gable AKA the "King of Hollywood" to enlist and go fight the Nazis. This was a big bummer for his #1 German fan, Der Fuhrer, AKA Adolf Hitler. But just like his wife Carole Lombard had hoped, Clark Gable di…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ Want more clients, more trust, more referrals, and the fastest shortcut to a 7-figure credit repair business? You don’t need ads… You need reviews. Reviews are the one thing that instantly builds trust, removes fear, and fills your pipeline for free. In this episode, I…
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T'was the night before the Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring... except for a mouse stealing some Christmas cookies. No, not really. But this episode is a fun collection of Christmas crimes and the holiday-crazed criminals who committed them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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A man who called himself Lord Gordon Gordon sure knew how to con 'em. He scammed jewelers, land owners, and railroad magnates with great alacrity on both sides of the Atlantic. But in the hierarchy of criminals, the robber barons generally come out on top, and Gordon Squared just didn't anticipate that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ I once got evicted even though I did nothing wrong… I always paid my rent on time, I fixed everything myself, and I never caused any trouble. But my landlord still kicked me out just so that he could raise the rent. The court gave me a week to move, but I was leaving f…
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Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner had one of the great love affairs of the last century. But it was actually a love triangle that included the famously-reclusive Howard Hughes. It gets wilder than that –– their love rivalry lasted decades and involved the mafia and the CIA. In fact, the dynamic forever changed Las Vegas and even ended the Rat Pack Era.…
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Using his logistical and felonious prowess, Adam Worth developed a sophisticated criminal network stealing money, art, and jewelry from high-value targets on two continents. Understated and cunning, Worth was so successful he inspired one of literature's greatest criminal masterminds. Quite the criming legacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ Credit repair is confusing… on purpose. If you don’t know which law applies in which situation, you’ll send the wrong letter, contact the wrong entity, and never see results. That’s why today, I’m breaking down the difference between the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Pra…
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During WWII, there were lots of ways to contribute to the war effort. One involved sitting at a radio station on Long Island, feeding lies to the Nazis to aid the Allies. Owen House was the secret center of Operation Ostrich, the most intense counterintelligence effort you've never heard of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ What if you could stop chasing clients... and have them come to you 24/7 without spending a single penny on ads? Sounds crazy, right? Well, our guest today figured out how to make that happen. Meet Triston Isaac, founder of White Labelled Academies. He’s helped thousan…
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Let's say you're a German industrialist who needs to drive up the price of copper on the commodities market, would you hire a midcentury adventurer/boat captain and a pair of Miami skin divers to help you blow up a bridge in Zambia? If so, then you are the perps in this truly wild Cold War tale of international intrigue. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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Martha Stewart is more than a food and entertaining icon; she's a brand. Literally. But a brand can't lie to the feds and a brand can't go to jail. Martha Stewart the human, however, could and did just that. But you can't keep a tough gal down. Martha made a comeback and then some. And that's a good thing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ Ever seen one of those “Click Here to Dispute” buttons on Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion’s website and thought it looked like a quick and easy fix? Well, that innocent-looking button is actually one of the biggest traps in credit repair… and it could destroy your cha…
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If you were in a bad place, hard up financially, looking for work, and some sorta lifeline... how far down your list of options would be the idea: should I start a counterfeiting ring? For Jeff Turner that was his number one idea. And that's how he became the King of Counterfeiters. But it's also how Jeff ended up on this show, so clearly there wer…
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Applying to college. Oh, what a busy time that is for high school students. There are stressors like posing for a fake rowing photo or making sure your SAT ringer spelled your name right on the Scantron. See, while some teens spend all their time studying and participating in activities to get ahead, others spend their parents' cash to game the sys…
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"My Diary - Please respect it": So wrote the photographer Margaret Bourke-White at the beginning of her hand-written diary. And respect it we do! We cover a lot of ground in this episode exploring diaries, notes, and documents written without an eye to a future audience. Through the diary of a Revolutionary War soldier to the journals of an Apple E…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ What if I told you that the same woman who once lived on Skid Row is now running a 7-figure credit repair business? Meet Marivel Sotelo, a woman who overcame homelessness and addiction and is now running a multi-million-dollar credit repair business she started from no…
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The 1920s was an era of radical change in the culture. One of the major indicators was the advent of The Flapper –- young women who rejected the previous generations' notions of femininity and embraced their own ideas of modern womanhood. This of course inspired a nationwide moral panic! Enter the Flapper Bandit –– a young woman who rejected previo…
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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 pizza joints up and down the East Coast. But the FBI is the one that delivered when it came to justice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ You want to run effective Meta ads for your credit repair business... but you’re worried about blowing your budget. What do you do? Give up on ads? Keep throwing money at them with no real strategy? Well, that’s what a lot of businesses do... But what if I told you tha…
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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 a man named George Leonidas Leslie, the first truly great American bank robber. He was an underground figure, an outlaw folk hero who made his living …
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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 culture, and Velvalee was at the center of a truly bizarre doll-based mystery. During World War II, a team of female codebreakers investigated a series…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ You want more credit repair clients... but you’ve got no ad budget. What do you do? Give up? Burn out? Wait for referrals? Well, that’s what most people do. But what if I told you that you could generate 60,000 leads and build a 7-figure business without spending a sin…
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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 comes creeps. And with creeps often comes crime. But if you come for Ms. Grable, you best not miss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: http://startrepairingcredit.com/ What if I told you that one bad debt could count against you twice... even though it's the exact same account? Sounds crazy, right? But it happens every day. It’s reported once as a charge-off and then again as a collection. From the lender's point of view, that looks …
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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 bad. In 1919, a crew of gamblers convinced members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the World Series in order to make a big payday. This was appealing,…
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