Episodes
Bertha Liebbeke: The Fainting Siren - Nebraska's Most Famous Con Arti…
⚠️ OLD FORMAT EPISODE - New listeners should start with Season 1, Episode 1 She looked like the girl next door. Polite, well-dressed, maybe a little flustered. But behind the lace gloves? A master manipulator who pulled off some of the slickest thefts in Gilded Age America...without ever brandishin…
Victor Lustig: The Con That Sold the Eiffel Tower
⚠️ OLD FORMAT EPISODE - New listeners should start with Season 1, Episode 1 Victor Lustig. 63 aliases. Master manipulator. The man who sold the Eiffel Tower...twice. THE STORY: Victor Lustig (1890-1947) | Born Austria-Hungary, spoke 5 languages | 63+ aliases | 1925: Posed as French official in Pari…
Claude F. Hankins: The 14-Year-Old Sent to San Quentin - America's Yo…
⚠️ OLD FORMAT EPISODE - New listeners should start with Season 1, Episode 1 1904 California: Claude F. Hankins, 14 years old, shot and killed his employer. But this wasn't just a juvenile crime—it was a desperate act rooted in child abuse, labor exploitation, and institutional failure. This is the …
Al Jennings: The Failed Outlaw Who Became a Hollywood Star
⚠️ OLD FORMAT EPISODE - New listeners should start with Season 1, Episode 1 Train robber. Failed candidate. Hollywood actor. Al Jennings lived more lives than one man should...and made sure you heard about every one of them. THE STORY: Al Jennings (1863-1961) | Licensed attorney in Oklahoma Territo…
Gerald Chapman: America's First Public Enemy Number One - Roaring Twe…
⚠️ OLD FORMAT EPISODE - New listeners should start with Season 1, Episode 1 Before Capone. Before Dillinger. Gerald Chapman was America's original Public Enemy Number One—the outlaw who pulled off the largest mail heist in U.S. history. THE STORY: Gerald Chapman (1887-1926) | Brooklyn-born, orphane…