You Just Got Bocked: The Con Artist Amy Bock
Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Amy Bock conned the rich for shiggles and then gave it all away to random strangers. A fascinating character, she conned throughout her life, over ...
12 Sep 20241h 3min
The Wall St. Whiz Kid Goes to Hollywood!
David Bloom made a name for himself in the '80s New York art world. That ended badly. So he moved west –– to a new cultural hotspot also ripe with suckers. Folks who'd believe he was a finance bro lon...
10 Sep 20241h
The Great Escapes: Steven Jay Russell
This guy. He pulled off great cons and even better prison escapes. He got tossed in solitary for life, but now walks free. Jim Carrey played him in a movie. I mean, this guy. You simply can't keep him...
5 Sep 202457min
The Most Interesting Man of the 1940s: Charles Edwards
What good is an ice cream cone without the ice cream? What's an elaborate mating ritual without the dirty deed? What's a con without a payoff? Producer Dave dives deep into the life of 1940s LA man ab...
3 Sep 20241h 2min
Brawls, Exciting and New: Carnival Cruise Ship Dust-ups
What is supposed to be a luxurious, tropical escape on the high seas can sometimes devolve into a floating barge of drunken tussles at the midnight pizza buffet. Choose your cruise wisely, or you coul...
29 Aug 202458min
Bampfylde Moore Carew: King of the Beggars
Colonial America, and England in the time of the Puritans... not exactly the time or places you'd expect to find a footloose and fancy-free beggar hopping and skipping back and forth across the Atlant...
27 Aug 202459min
Secret Agent Man: Garrison Courtney
It's pretty brazen to pose as a super secret spy guy in order to hustle up some phony government contracts. You have to convince folks that you are a man of mystery, an agent operating at the most cla...
22 Aug 202459min
"Forget it, Sheik... it's ABSCAM"
Just a few years after Watergate, the halls of power of Washington DC were again stained with fresh scandal. A busload of sitting US congressmen were caught up in an FBI sting operation, one run by a ...
20 Aug 202459min
