'Twas the Night Before Griftsmas: The Con Man and Santa Claus
It's Christmas in July! Start drafting those letters to Santa — that's just how John Duval Gluck would have wanted it. He scammed the wealthy of New York society into doing good for poor kids, sending...
5 Jul 202256min
Smuggler’s Baby Blues: The Fake Baron and 100,000 Glass Eyeballs
For years, an erstwhile Baron smuggled glass eyes into Hoboken, until he was busted by customs. He later petitioned to officially change his name to reflect his status as the illegitimate son of a Vis...
30 Jun 202252min
This is Mr. Rochat Speaking: The Theft of Charlie Chaplin's Body
Criminals decide to steal the body of beloved film star Charlie Chaplin. They call his widow and ask for a ransom. His widow isn't interested. What becomes of The Tramp's remains? Guess you'll have to...
28 Jun 202252min
High Times on the Mosquito Coast: The Gregor MacGregor Story
Throughout the ages, con artists have successfully convinced people to buy into fake businesses, fake social or political movements, even fake identities. But it took a truly confident trickster, a br...
23 Jun 202250min
The Truth is Really Out There: The Long Island UFO Network
Fed up with local politics, a UFO investigator and his band of misfits conspire to take down their enemies. And expose government plots to conceal alien activity. And equip a school bus with state of ...
21 Jun 20221h 1min
Treetop Flyer: The Highflying Antics of Tommy Fitz
Get drunk? Check. Steal a plane? Check. Fly it back to the bar you'd been partying in earlier? Check. Tommy "Fitz" Fitzpatrick had only a few steps in his plan to become a legend. How he executed that...
16 Jun 202240min
Swappin' Dead Presidents: The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln's Corpse
In 1876, a small time gang plotted to kidnap Abraham Lincoln. He'd been dead eleven years, but they didn't let that stop them. They planned to trade the late leader's body for their imprisoned counter...
14 Jun 202258min
Watch the Throne: The Case of the Missing Gold Toilet
In 2016, the artist Maurizio Cattelan created a masterpiece: a solid goild toilet. After a successful exhibition in New York, the commode was shown in the UK. It was there that the loo went adieu. Who...
9 Jun 202247min
