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Girls Stuck in Phone Booth

Published on July 25, 2019

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits

In 1961, two girls got stuck in a phone booth. Just how would they get out?

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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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Pay-Phone Bandit Arrested

Published on June 27, 2016

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

In late August of 1988, police identified the suspect in a string of pay phone robberies as 49-year-old James Clark.

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