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Silent Susan – Podcast #97

Published on September 14, 2016

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

In 1946 Susan Bower was arrested for not revealing her name and was sentenced to 6-months in jail in Hackensack, NJ.

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Brassiere Brigade – Podcast #94

Published on July 5, 2016

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

The women who worked for Southern Bell in Miami back in 1950. Poorly paid, they figured out a unique way to smuggle money out of the coin counting room.

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The Salem Trade School – Podcast #90

Published on January 27, 2016

Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Schools & Education, Sports

The Salem Trade School had the worst high school football team in the Boston region back in the 1920's. But they had a big secret...

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Faked His Own Death

Published on November 17, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Tidbits

Albert L. Paglino faked his own death in 1955 by murdering another man. He may have gotten away with it, but made one big mistake on the day of his funeral.

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The Monk and His Hypnotist – Podcast #86

Published on September 18, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

An elderly monk and his wife decided to adopt their 63-year-old doctor. Dr. Raymond La Scola was then arrested for supposedly murdering his new mother.

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The Shoeless Hillbilly – Podcast #81

Published on April 7, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

Peter Grainger had spent nearly his entire life living high in the mountains of New Mexico with virtually no contact with the outside world. Or did he?

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The Great Venus Swindle – Podcast #79

Published on January 21, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Podcast, Unbelievable

In 1953, Harold Jesse Berney was chosen by the US government to be its main contact with Uccelles, a prince visiting our planet from Venus. A crazy, true story!

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Sucker Day

Published on January 5, 2015

Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits

There’s that old saying that a sucker is born every minute. Take this story dated March 26, 1952, from Wetumka, Oklahoma as an example.

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The Fever Girl – Podcast #72

Published on April 18, 2014

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast

In 1923, newspapers around the US reported on the health of the Fever Girl - Evelyn Lyons - a woman with the highest temperature ever recorded to that date.

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The Short Life of Suzy Dewey – Podcast #65

Published on August 19, 2013

Posted in: Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast

The story of a little girl named Suzy Dewey who was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and was the victim of a hoax during the last few months of her life.

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Operation Bodysnatch – Podcast #64

Published on July 16, 2013

Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Fraud & Deception, Podcast, Unbelievable

At the end of WWII, the US was faced with the task of reburying four bodies of former German nobility. Members of the Monuments Men ran into obstacle after obstacle.

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Dead Ringers – Podcast #58

Published on November 24, 2012

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

Akron, Ohio citizen Larry Bader and Omaha sportscaster Fritz Johnson were complete opposites. Yet, they were dead ringers for each other.

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Will the Real Dr. Brown Please Stand Up? – Podcast #55

Published on July 10, 2012

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine

Dr. Brown was loved by everyone in Groveton, Texas. When he was arrested for a crime that could have endangered others, they didn't abandon their faith in him.

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The Double Life of Clarence King – Podcast #48

Published on November 2, 2011

Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Love & Marriage, Podcast

The first director of the US Geological Survey, Clarence King, was a famed scientist, explorer, and author. Yet, few people knew that he spent the last thirteen years leading a secret double life.

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The Cardiff Giant – Podcast #38

Published on October 26, 2010

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Entertainment, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

The 1869 discovery of this fossilized giant provided the first definitive proof that giants once did inhabit the Earth. Could it be true?

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