Machine Gun Kelly | The American Kidnapping Epidemic | 2
After his first botched kidnapping attempt, George "Machine Gun" Kelly goes back to what's familiar: robbing banks. But as the Great Depression ravages the economy, it's getting harder and harder to g...
15 Tammi 38min
Machine Gun Kelly | Straight Outta Leavenworth | 1
Growing up in Memphis, George Kelly Barnes starts dabbling in crime from a young age. First he blackmails his father, then he grows a successful bootlegging business for himself. But how did this smal...
8 Tammi 41min
American Criminal Season 21: Machine Gun Kelly
In the 1930s, America was in the midst of an epidemic that no one could stop. But it wasn’t an illness we were up against, it was a crime: kidnapping. Every year, thousands of people were abducted and...
1 Tammi 1min
The Great McDonald's Monopoly Heist | The Man Behind McMillions
Until 2020, the world had mostly forgotten all about the McDonald's Monopoly scandal that rocked the country. But like so many modern true crime stories, this one was revived thanks to a simple post o...
1 Tammi 47min
Case File | Cautionary Tales | Pepsi's Deadly Number Shuffle
Cautionary Tales is the podcast that explores history's biggest missteps,and asks what we can learn from them. Whether it's a botched crime, a film flop, or a catastrophic plane crash, there is always...
25 Joulu 202541min
The Great McDonald's Monopoly Heist | Go Directly to Jail | 3
In 2001, the FBI receive an anonymous tip that the McDonald's Monopoly promotions have been rigged for years, and they set out to investigate. But what seems like a joke case at first soon turns deadl...
18 Joulu 202544min
The Great McDonald's Monopoly Heist | The Two Jerrys | 2
After finding a way to steal the highest value prize tokens for the McDonald's Monopoly games, Jerry Jacobson had a problem: he needed people who could claim the prizes and then give him a cut. He did...
11 Joulu 202539min
The Great McDonald's Monopoly Heist | A Man on the Inside | 1
In 1987, McDonald's joined forces with another American icon for a marketing scheme. The McDonald's Monopoly promotion was so popular that the company decided to bring it back again and again, watchin...
4 Joulu 202542min
