Doing it for the Deeestrict: George Streeter
A true sovereign citizen, George Streeter claimed land as his own. Then he made even more of it. The cops and the courts and the fat cats of Chicago couldn't pry him out. Instead, he provided entertai...
12 Jun 202555min
Jump, Jive, and Jail: the Pot Bust of Gene Krupa
At the height of the swing music era, jazz drummer and musical great Gene Krupa was caught up in a federal bust. He was used as a cautionary tale in America's First Drug War. Taken down in order to sc...
10 Jun 20251h 3min
How to Disappear: Raymond Grady Stansel
An ocean-loving, expert mariner Florida man made his living transporting bales of marijuana until the law caught up with him. Then he went to a land down under, where women glow and men plunder (as th...
5 Jun 202552min
Black Bart: the Outlaw Folk Hero Poet
Black Bart was not his government name. While the name was fearsome and his occupation as a stagecoach robbing outlaw was typically violent and careers short-lived, Black Bart was the opposite in ever...
3 Jun 202559min
Yellowstone Isn't Just for Duttons: Tim Blixseth
A lumber baron who set his sights on facilitating luxury living established an enormous, posh, private ski club. And in a shocking turn of events that absolutely no one could ever see coming, hundreds...
29 Mai 202556min
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Los Beetles (Americanos)!"
A Florida club promoter had a big idea: he'd take four young American lads, grow out their hair, dress 'em like John, Paul, George and Ringo, and call 'em the American Beetles to cash in on a thing ca...
27 Mai 202553min
For the Love of a Funny Girl: Nicky Arnstein
A cardsharp, a ladies man, a con artist extraordinaire. Nicky Arnstein skirted the law and lived the high life, even married the most famous woman in radio. A couple stretches of hard labor in the pen...
22 Mai 202547min
The Great Del Taco Stock Debacle: You Got Jacked!
There's the big leagues of insider trading, like what we see from both sides of the aisle in Washington DC. And when we think of Wall St. crimes taking place it's in boardrooms, backrooms, and out on ...
20 Mai 202548min
