The Good Bootlegger: Roy Olmstead
Using the nooks and crannies of Puget Sound as cover, Roy Olmstead ran a massive bootlegging empire during Prohibition. He was nonviolent, c...
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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...
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20 of 468 episodesYou Get an "A" For Effort: Beautiful Plans, Become Ridiculous Crimes
Often times the crimers on this show come up with audacious plans for their capers, heists and cons. But far too often they forget the other...
Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect: LEGO theft
LEGO sets. Everybody loves them, crimers love to steal them. They're light, valuable, in demand, and untraceable. Perfect for illicit maneuv...
Sebastian Marset: the Cocaine Kingpin and Professional Footballer
When he was a kid in Uruguay, playing football in the streets he always dreamed that one day he would grow up to be a professional soccer st...
Strong Like Iron: Sophie Lyons
Sophie Lyons was an iconic criminal. From shoplifting to pickpocketing to scams to bank robbery, she could do it all. She knew what it was t...
I'm Gonna Steal Your Bird: the Strange World of Pigeon Theft
Have you ever wanted to race a pigeon? No? Well, have you ever wanted to steal a pigeon? Still, no? Well, that doesn't matter! You'll still...
The Likker King of Appalachia: Popcorn Sutton
To borrow from the late, great Waylon Jennings, Popcorn Sutton was just'a good ol' boy, never meanin' no harm. A modern day moonshiner, he w...
The Billion Dollar 1MDB Heist: Jho Low Meets Leo and Marty
Jho Low was a well-connected money man for the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, created to foster green energy investment and better jobs for the...
The White Death [from Very Special Episodes]
In the winter of 1939, Finland faced overwhelming odds. The Soviet Union was invading with hundreds of thousands of troops. Standing in thei...
The Moment You've Been Waiting For: 2025 Louvre Museum Heist
Hot diggity dog, we love a good heist. And an art heist? Get outta here! And in the Louvre Museum? In Paris? Pinch us because we've got to b...
Julie D'Aubigny: the Opera-Singing, Sword-Swinging, Gender-Bending Badass of 17th Century France
Julie D'Aubigny was truly a rare one. She could sword fight with the best of them. She could sing opera like a song bird. She wore men's clo...
Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Charles Ponzi
It's the American Dream to reach these golden shores, work hard, make your fortune, and see your name go down in history. Charles Ponzi did...
True Crime by A True Crimer: Mary Carole McDonnell, the Fake Aerospace Heiress
She made a name for herself in the world of True Crime TV. But it was not a good name. Mary Carole McDonnell was known to run a fly-by-night...
I Was Just the Weed Guy: George Martorano
Born into a mob family, "Cowboy" George Martorano was pretty much destined to run afoul of the law. A non-violent guy in a roiling sea of br...
The Last True Outlaw of the Lonesome West: Roddy Dean Pippin
He always wanted to be a cowboy, ever since he first read about 'em in Louis L'Amour novels and watched them in John Wayne westerns. The onl...
Thus Spoke the Lady Bandit: Pearl Hart
A woman with a muddled biography and a life of clever and not so clever endeavors, Pearl Hart was dubbed by the press as the Girl Bandit, th...
A Bit of a Sticky Wicket: the Crimes of Allen Stanford
He was the man at the heart of a Texas-sized Ponzi scheme that amassed billions in fraudulent profits via offshore banking. Despite his huge...
Too Mean to Swab Hell's Kitchen: The Battle Row Ladies' Social and Athletic Club
When you find yourself in a real pickle, a tight spot, a dangerous proposition in 1800s Hell's Kitchen, just ask yourself: what would Stumpy...
The Great Chinese Lottery Heist
Ren Xiaofeng thought he had a good life –– married, blessed with two twins, a good job at a bank. But it wasn't enough. He neede...
You Dirty Fish-peddlin' Bums: Celia Cooney, the Bobbed Hair Bandit
When a young feisty gal with nothing to lose met a young tough fella with nothing to lose, the only thing they could possibly lose was the s...