Don't Mess with the Big Dog: Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is more than a food and entertaining icon; she's a brand. Literally. But a brand can't lie to the feds and a brand can't go to jail. Martha Stewart the human, however, could and did jus...
27 Nov 20251h 7min
The King of Counterfeiters: Jeff Turner
If you were in a bad place, hard up financially, looking for work, and some sorta lifeline... how far down your list of options would be the idea: should I start a counterfeiting ring? For Jeff Turner...
25 Nov 20251h 1min
There Ain't No Cure for the Varsity Blues: Rick Singer
Applying to college. Oh, what a busy time that is for high school students. There are stressors like posing for a fake rowing photo or making sure your SAT ringer spelled your name right on the Scantr...
20 Nov 20251h 3min
The Flapper Bandit: Rebecca Bradley Rogers
The 1920s was an era of radical change in the culture. One of the major indicators was the advent of The Flapper –- young women who rejected the previous generations' notions of femininity and embrace...
18 Nov 202556min
Someday We'll Find It: The Pizza Connection
What's your favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni? Anchovies? A kilo of heroin? If it's the drugs, the Sicilian mob had a pizza parlor for you! They created networks of drug wholesale hubs in modest pizza...
13 Nov 202554min
America's First Great Bank Robber: George Leonidas Leslie
When people speak of the first American bank robber, typically, they think of Jesse James. While he may have been the first world famous bandit and bank robber, he was not the most prolific. That was ...
11 Nov 202559min
Welcome to the Dollhouse: Velvalee Dickinson
In wartime, codes and puzzles become a language of warfare. But if you can make a code, someone can break the code. Enter Velvalee Dickinson. She was a lover of costumed porcelain dolls and Japanese c...
6 Nov 202558min
Warmest Regards, The Leopard: Betty Grable Extortion Letters
She was America's Sweetheart, a woman whose gorgeous gams kept the antifascist Allied forces going as they won WWII. With talent, humor, beauty, and wit;, Betty Grable was a star. And with stardom com...
4 Nov 202556min
