A Solar-Powered Con Artist: Jeff Carpoff
He was not an engineer, nor was he an inventor, instead he was a failed car mechanic. But Jeff Carpoff didn't let that stop him from creating a billion dollar business based on his invention: a portab...
18 Mars 202559min
The Art of Forgery: Art Williams Jr.
Let's face it, counterfeiting is an art. It takes serious talent and skill. So it should come as no surprise that the best counterfeiter in the land is also a fantastic artist. To say Art Williams, Jr...
13 Mars 202554min
I Wanna Be Bootsy, Too!
They say it's never good to meet your heroes in real life. It's even worse if you meet your hero in real life and it's not really them. This week, E and Z examine tales of the many folks who want to b...
11 Mars 202550min
The Dulcet Tones of Zyme Bedewing: Mike Smith
AC/DC told us it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. Sage advice. But that was before the age of AI. Now it's a short way to the top if you want to create hundreds of thousands of fa...
6 Mars 202548min
The Great Air Jordan Train Robberies of 2024
Train robberies are so 19th century. Air Jordans are so 20th century. Yet, combine them and you get the hottest new crime of the 21st century: train robberies of boxcars of Jordans. Come aboard as E a...
4 Mars 202554min
IRS Will Survive: Studio 54
It was a dark fantasyland of excess and glamor. We speak not of your local Applebee's. No, we mean Studio 54, the ne plus ultra of 70s discotheques. It was the place to see and be seen, to do drugs an...
27 Feb 202550min
The Inimitable Miss Cleo: The World Famous Fake Phone Psychic
The late '90s were such a different time... kinda. But the last real decade still had plenty of fakers, grifters, and scam artists, all offering up questionable spirituality and easy answers... just l...
25 Feb 202557min
With a Side of Chow Chow: The Kidnapping of Elton B. Stephens Jr.
A Southern Gothic thriller for the ages, this is the tale of a Coen Brothers-esque kidnapping gone sideways. A bumbling couple take a magazine subscription heir prisoner to fund the purchase of their ...
20 Feb 202550min
