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An Inside Job – Podcast #131

Published on January 25, 2020

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Money & Financial, Podcast

The incredible story of how James Rufus Landis stole $160,000 in $20 bills from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on New Year's Eve of 1953.

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A Christmas Eve Kidnapping – Podcast #130

Published on December 20, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local grocer were taken prisoner by a second thug. A shootout between the bandit and the boy's father then followed.

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Jailed for Writing Fiction

Published on October 30, 2019

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

On March 18, 1943, 45-year-old author George G. Gorman was sentenced to prison time for writing a fictitious story that he claimed was true.

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The Prick of Death – Podcast #128

Published on October 17, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

In 1933, a young man was walking through a busy train station in India when he was pricked in the arm by a man walking in the opposite direction. He would soon be dead and the shocking truth as to how and who murdered him was revealed.

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The Case of the Doctor-Doctor Kidnapping – Podcast #127

Published on September 14, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Podcast

n 1933, a medical doctor and a chiropractic doctor were found severely injured a short distance from one another. The two had never met before, but their lives had somehow violently crossed on that fateful day.

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Toothless Dog Charged in Biting

Published on February 20, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Humor, Tidbits

Morris Epstein sued Ben Stillman on September 13, 1930 because his police dog had bitten him. The problem was that his dog was toothless.

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A Punishment That Went Horribly Wrong – Linda Marie Ault – Podcast #119

Published on February 7, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast

The parents of Linda Marie Ault were in a panic when their daughter didn't return home after attending a dance. When she returned home the next morning, they came up with a punishment that would teach her a valuable lesson. Everything went horribly wrong.

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The Adventure of a Lifetime – Podcast #117

Published on December 1, 2018

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

The unbelievable true story of Joseph Schmitz, Leslie Cohen, & Joseph Murano set out on the adventure of a lifetime in 1957, but nothing was at it seemed.

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The Sign Said Free TV

Published on August 28, 2018

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

A man rented ten motel rooms under a fictitious name on January 6, 1961, and stole all of the television sets.

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Officer, I am Being Followed…

Published on July 29, 2018

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

In 1954, two officers in Vernon, CA pulled over a car driven by Virgil Grover Attebery. He claimed to have been followed for miles by another car.

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Dick the Dog – Podcast #111

Published on April 30, 2018

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Podcast

Jacob Silverman made national headlines in 1922 for the crime of owning a dog named Dick. Pennsylvania's Alien Dog Law forbid unnaturalized residents from owning dogs and required the dogs be killed.

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The Case of the Phantom Vegetable Oil – Podcast #109

Published on January 30, 2018

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

Tino De Angelis was the salad oil king in the early 1960's until his house of cards came crashing down. A fascinating true story of fraud and deception.

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Pretended to be an Astronaut

Published on December 15, 2017

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Tidbits

On June 13, 1963, Milton Berle acknowledged the astronaut Jerry Clayton was in the audience. So were four additional astronauts that said he was a fake.

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 3 – Maybelle Trow Knox – Podcast #105

Published on September 1, 2017

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

The crazy, true story of Maybelle Trow Knox involves a speakeasy raid, a forged promissory note, a missing mother, and much more.

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 2 – Farmers in Revolt – Podcast #104

Published on July 7, 2017

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Podcast

The Great Depression was an awful time for farmers in Iowa, culminating with the near-hanging of Judge Bradley in Le Mars over a farm owned by T.M. Zink.

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