Misfortune: A Financial Crimes Podcast Unpops Network
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A bi-weekly financial crimes podcast hosted by Adam Tod Brown and Danger Van Gorder. Part of the Unpops Podcast Network.
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The Texas Commerce Bank Robbery
On this episode, Adam and Danger discuss the largest bank robbery in San Antonio history, and how the people behind it almost got away.
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Eddie Tipton's Hot Lotto
Adam and Danger discuss the crazy case of Eddie Tipton, a man who rigged the lottery in his favor and almost got away with it.
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Wyclef Jean Saves Haiti!
Adam and Danger look into the alleged financial misdeeds of Wyclef Jean and his Yele Haiti charity
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Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan Trade Kids For Cash
Adam and Danger discuss the case of two Pennsylvania judges who took money in exchange for sentencing kids to private detention facility sentences for petty offenses.
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Belle Gibson Is Fine
Adam and Danger discuss the bizarre case of Belle Gibson, an Instragram model who made a killing by pretending to have cancer. Includes an interview with Beau Donelly, the journalist who broke the story.
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Nick Leeson Destroys A Dynasty
Adam and Danger discuss the insane case of Nick Leeson, a lowly futures trader who brought down one of the banking industry's biggest and oldest dynasties.
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Customer Reviews
Lost me at 'Tasmania'...
Overall it's an OK podcast with hosts that I didn't really find humorous and some questionable facts that could have been checked.
I listened to the Belle Gibson episode. The interview with the journalist who broke the story was very insightful. Belle is a vile human being.
But I’m not sure if the hosts were serious when they said that Tasmania is a ‘made up place’ from the Tazzie Devil cartoon... unless they really didn’t know? Surely if they'd just quickly Googled 'Tasmania' they'd discover that it's the state found at the southern most part of Australia... Oh and Tassie devils exist too (minus the tornado part), but I’m going to pass it off as witty sarcasm that was peppered to elevate the ridiculous web of lies that were spun by Gibson, because the alternative would be that they’re not 100% sure what Australia looks like on the world map.
Cut the bull
The interview was very insightful - but the rest was full of cheap shots at women and Australia. Belle is a properly horrible liar - maybe focus on that rather than making cheap porn jokes and nasty barbs about her mum being single and her having kids young. Are you guys stuck in the eighties?!
Pedestrian
Two irritating blokes blowing smoke up each other’s arses, barely discussing the topic/chosen subject. Most are gonna want those minutes back.