Ridiculous Crime iHeart True Crime
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True Crime is more than blood, guts, mayhem, and murder. Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton share outlandish tales of capers, heists, and cons that shine a light on the absurd and outrageous side of criminality. Always 99% murder-free and 100% ridiculous, this is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
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Frank Zappa Makes a $1,000 Sex Tape, and Bob Dylan Is a Peeping Tom?
Musicians get arrested... a lot. These singers, songwriters and superstars were busted in some of the dumbest, weirdest, silliest ways possible. Johnny Cash. Amy Winehouse. Ol' Dirty Bastard. Bob Dylan. Frank Zappa. All of them got popped for some... ridiculous crimes.
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Tehama's Most Wanted: Razzlekhan
As if the whole cryptocurrency thing wasn't ridiculous enough, enter Heather Morgan aka Razzlekhan. An entrepreneur and amateur rapper, she and her husband, Dutch, lived large. The source? Hacked bitcoin. Can't get enough of these clowns and their techno criming? Fear not, there are plenty of film and tv adaptations in the works. The grift lives on.
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Phil Johnson: The Great Loomis–Fargo Heist
"Have you seen this man? Single, lonely, grouchy, rumpled and very possibly. the richest thief who ever lived..." so wrote the Washington Post in 1997 after one man ripped off his employer, the Loomis–Fargo armored car company. Phil Johnson stole 21 cubic feet of cash –– and he had a plan to get away with it. But a man's ego is a helluva thing!
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A Cut Above: William Smarto
What do hairdressing and bank heists have in common? Precision...and a man named William Smarto. A clever bank burglar, Smarto managed to pull of a bank job almost as big as Dolly Parton's wig budget.
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Martin McNally: Last of the Skyjackers
His hero was DB Cooper. So he imitated his skyjacking ransom down to the letter. Only Martin McNally had never used a parachute before he became a skyjacker. And he never expected someone to play the hero with a '71 Cadillac Eldorado.
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Diamonds are a Gaul's Best Friend: The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
As Orson Welles would say, "Ah, the French." Here, in a lead up to the French Revolution, we consider the tale of one randy Cardinal, one social climbing almost-noble, one doomed queen, and one hideous diamond necklace. C'est ridicule (especially Elizabeth butchering all French pronunciation)!
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Customer Reviews
Re listening ♾️
I have listened to each episode at least 5 times it’s so good and it never gets old. Keep it up!
A must for those days when nothing can get you going
Having a bad day ? Just click on the latest episode and enjoy. A cup of coffee, headphones and a quiet place and you’ll be set. Warning though if you’re going to listen to the show in the crowded coffee shop warn folks you’re not crazy cause all the laughs may have you looking a bit off ….. oh and no double shots cause it makes your laughter more intense
Love this show!
Ridiculously good! Love Zarin and Elizabeth!