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 c...
6 Nov 202558min
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 com...
4 Nov 202556min
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
30 Okt 202558min
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 ba...
28 Okt 202559min
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 conce...
23 Okt 20251h 8min
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 crim...
21 Okt 20251h 6min
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'd...
18 Okt 202557min
The Next Wes Anderson Movie: George Weyerhaeuser
Young George Weyerhaeuser was snatched off the street back when kidnapping the child of a wealthy family seemed to be all the rage. Neither horrific nor violent nor ending in tragedy, this kidnapping ...
16 Okt 202553min
