Slip Slidin’ Away: The Theft of Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue and the shoes are red. When the pricey and contentious ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz were stolen from a museum, all hope was lost. But hope never dies....
29 Kesä 202349min
Let’s Rob a Bank About It
When most college-age kids need a little excitement, they do extreme sports or snap into a Slim Jim. Shon Hopwood robbed five banks in 11 months. When he was done paying his debt to society, he built ...
27 Kesä 20231h
Out Ta Get Me: The Various Legal Woes of Guns n’ Roses
Behold as juggernaut hard rock band Guns n’ Roses takes on airplanes, beer, gun stores, video games, and the city of Philadelphia. You know where you are? You’re in Ridiculous Crime, baby!See omnystud...
22 Kesä 202353min
Jean Michel FAKE-quiat: the Radiant Fraudsters
Basquiat started as a graffiti artist but soon through talent and ambition he became one of the greatest painters in American history, an artist whose works regularly set records for their auction pri...
20 Kesä 202352min
Dumb and Disorderly: History’s Ridiculous Riots
Group think. Collective acts of violence. Humans can get each other pretty riled up. Sometimes that can be for a good cause, but not on this podcast. Aeronauts, magic tricks, seasonal beverages. You n...
15 Kesä 202348min
Ride the Snake: The Cobra Venom Con
Rick Deitsch was a business man with a big big plan — he wanted to make Big Snake. He would use science to milk Wall Street of millions by scamming biotech and pharma investors with the hype for novel...
13 Kesä 202356min
Holy Ridiculous Crimes, Batman!
The Caped Crusader fights crime, but what happens when he IS crime? Stolen movie scripts, missing toys, and the mother of all Bat memorabilia. Tune in! Same crime time, same crime channel!See omnystud...
8 Kesä 202347min
634 Ways to Not Kill Fidel Castro
For more than 4 decades the CIA – doing their best impression of Wile E. Coyote – tried to kill Fidel Castro. The spy agency made 634 assassination attempts on the Cuban leader. And almost all of them...
6 Kesä 202351min
