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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lucio Urturbia fought for freedom, not just for Spain but for oppressed people worldwide. His subversive tactics used the tools of the system against itself: fake passports, counterfeit cash, and phony traveler's checks. And that's also how he got the last laugh! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

image of Lucio Urturbia, posing before a wall of anarchist posters. The supplied caption for the image reads: "Social rebel, counterfeiter, bandit, modern Robin Hood – the list of titles with which our anarchist comrade Lucio Urtubia was honoured is long. His life, which sounds like an adventure novel, is a mirror of the revolutionary movements in Europe in the second half of the 20th century."

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Zaron3 @zaron3.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had the pleasure of doing an episode of It Could Happen Here. The question I considered was: What if you could print your own money? Turns out it’s totally legal to do that. Wanna learn how? Well, give it a listen!

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Black Tuna Gang. Their crimes are legendary. Before cocaine became synonymous with Colombia and Miami, these quasi-hippie drug smugglers lived large as they moved South American reefer and showed cartel kingpins how to build an international smuggling empire. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

image of Robert Platshorn (left), and Robert Meinster (right), during their heyday as the leaders of the Black Tuna gang in 1970s Miami

The Black Tuna gang takes some time out for a game of volleyball

a Sept 1981 edition of High Times, covering the rise and fall of the Black Tuna gang

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Humans have long been fascinated by two things in this life: space and keepsakes. The astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission knew this... so they took a LOT of stamped envelopes to the moon. This was against the rules. "Rules? Where we're going there are no rules." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Left to right: Jim Irwin, David Scott, and Al Worden pose with mockups of a lunar module (LM) and a lunar roving vehicle (LRV). (NASA)

The prime crew men of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever (MVR), talk with the assigned lead Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) swimmer for recovery operations of the mission. The crewmen were in the Gulf of Mexico to take part in water egress training. From left to right are U.S. Navy Lieutenant Fred W. Schmidt; astronauts Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot; and David R. Scott, commander.

A "Sieger" cover prepared by NASA astronauts David Scott, Al Worden and James Irwin

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For part two of this special edition, Zaron continues his interview with author Matthew Campbell about his book The Man Who Stole the Gods. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Douglas Latchford, posing next to some of the stolen artwork

Douglas Ratchford admiring Cambodian artwork he very well could have had a hand in stealing. He's pictured with Cambodia's then-deputy Prime Minister Sok An ((left) and other officials at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh in 2009

image of the 10th-century sandstone statue that depicts Hindu god of war Skanda riding on a peacock

image of the former looter turned assistant to the art detectives, Toek Til, he's pictured at a temple where, years earlier, he had looted and stolen statues that were later smuggled across the Cambodia-Thailand border.

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For part 1 of this special edition, Zaron interviews Matthew Campbell about his book The Man Who Stole the Gods. The incredible tale documents a global art crime set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

author Matthew Campbell posing with his book The Man Who Stole the Gods

Buddhist monks walking along an ancient stone path toward the temple complex Angkor Wat

image of Angkor Wat, with a pair of monks exploring the complex

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Guess we have a new unofficial theme song for the show!

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Joe Colombo Jr. was the son of a powerful, ruthless, flashy, publicity-loving mob boss. Joe Sr. was larger than life and as audacious as they come. Junior joined in on a half-baked criminal plan, only for the whole thing to affect one of Hollywood's biggest films. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

cover of Time magazine, featuring mob boss Joe Colombo Sr. with the headline: Mafia at War

newspaper photo of Joe Colombo Jr., and his mother and father, Joe Colombo Sr. with the caption: A happy Joe Colombo Jr. leaves Brooklyn court with mother and dad after his acquittal

image of producer Albert S. Ruddy and actor Marlon Brando, from the Little Italy set of The Godfather

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

John Alexander Dowie was America's first religious robber baron. To maximize profits, he started his own town called Zion City. He ran his spiritual utopia like a company town in coal country. Then he led a crusade into New York, and that's when things went bad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

image of John Alexander Dowie, in his vestments, alongside a copy of his organization's weekly newspaper which touts Dowie as the First Apostle

an image of an enormous gathering at Madison Square Garden, from John Alexander Dowie's attempt to evangelize to New Yorkers

a map of Zion City, the municipality that John Alexander Dowie founded in Illinois, along the coast of Lake Michigan

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A prototype for generations of media figures to come, Horatio Bottomley could work the public. Whether defrauding the suckers with fake sweepstakes or holding boisterous hate rallies, Bottomley was a pro at making a name for himself while making plenty of coin. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

pictured in black-and-white photo is Horatio Bottomley, public orator, muckraker, media mogul, fraudster. The ultra-right wing proto-influencer leveraged Britain's national identity and fears of immigration to defraud the people who supported him and to build a vast fortune for himself. Sound familiar?

Striking one of his many practiced poses, Horatio Bottomley stands before uniformed men as he decries Britain's loss of its national identity due to an influx of foreigners, which made him quite wealthy.

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In the days of apartheid South Africa, no one expected a young white man to help the ANC to conduct a super-secret sabotage operation against a nuclear facility. So how did a dope-smoking, bike-riding, commune-dwelling hippie turned fencing instructor get it done? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Image of Rodney Wilkinson, from 1970, around the time he pulled off his epic sabotage of the South African nuclear program

Rodney Wilkinson, in 2015, decades after his years as an anti-nuclear saboteur

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you're going to break the law, do it in style. Arthur Barry robbed from the rich while pretending to be one of their own. In a bespoke suit with a martini in hand, he scoped out mansions and returned later to relieve the swells of their precious jewels. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

image of Arthur Barry, on the left, handcuffed to a detective but as always looking dapper

pictured at center, in double handcuffs, the uber-stylish jewel thief Arthur Barry, as he is led out of a courtroom by detectives in 1932

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If you're planning on missing work, don't kidnap yourself. It rarely works out as planned. And if you're a cop, and you accidentally shoot yourself, don't tell all the other cops someone shot you because they will look for that person... which will also go badly! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

pictured: Brandon Soules of Coolidge, Arizona. The young man wanted to get out of work so he... kidnapped himself. The results were not good. On the left, his mugshot. On the right, how the police found him in the Arizona desert, hands bound with his own belt.

Pictured: the mugshot of John Michael Goulart Jr. of Pineville, Louisiana after he faked an attack on himself by an unseen assailant, things did not go well for Officer Goulart

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Coming Up Violets 🎨commissions open🖌️ @comingupviolets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Evidently this was painted and hung up in the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art like one week after the event happened (traffic cone because Glasgow) 🤣

The 'sad Oompa Loompa' painted by Ashley Rawson which hung in the Glasgow Museum of modern art after the 2024 colossal failure of the Willy’s chocolate experience. Painting shows the actress who dressed as an Oompa Loompa for that event and was in a photo that went viral, showing her standing at a sad looking table with some beakers and test tubes and some dry ice steam, looking sad and depressed with green wig, orange skin, and a stretched-out brown top with black-and-white striped trim.

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We all need escapes from this crazy world. One way is to meet up with like-minded folks and enjoy your shared, niche interests, whether it's a magical world of candy, the finery of the Gilded Age, or the fantasy realm of dragons and otherkin. But... buyer beware! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

image of upset ticket-holders for Detroit's Bridgerton Themed Ball; the event was such a bust that even a $150 ticket didn't guarantee you had anywhere to sit; one woman (pictured) had to settle for sitting on the floor in her ballgown

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Once upon a time, some British hard men stole some gold. They hit up an airport and worked their way into a bullion room. It was a classic heist for the ages! But here's the thing: they took a taxi home and the driver became the key to breaking this case. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

image of newspaper clipping that reads: "Mystery of a Robbery at Croydon Aerodrome; Sovereigns, Dollars & Gold Bars Disappear"

image of the Croydon Airport, the sight of the gold heist

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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@iwriteok.bsky.social begins his exploration of the early life of Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir and best friend to Peter Thiel. He traces Alex's journey from left-wing academic to overlord of an "Anti-Woke" defense contractor. @zaron3.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/behindthebas...

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Zaron3 @zaron3.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Had the pleasure to be on Behind the Bastards with @iwriteok.bsky.social and @whysophiewhy.bsky.social; we chopped it up abt Palantir CEO Alex Karp and how he started out as a young Marxist but became an anti-woke crusader and warden of the panopticon Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Image of a Behind the Bastards title card that reads: Behind the Bastards Part One: Alex Karp

image of hosts Robert and Sophie, and me, their guest, on the Netflix edition of Behind the Bastards

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Using the nooks and crannies of Puget Sound as cover, Roy Olmstead ran a massive bootlegging empire during Prohibition. He was nonviolent, creative, and just plain fun. He also managed to have a lasting impact on the US legal system. Not bad for a former cop. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

image of bootlegger Roy Olmstead, 1920s; leaning on a car speaking with a woman in '20s clothings, a fur coat and flapper hat.
Roy Olmstead was a former Seattle cop who left the force to become king of the local rum-runners during Prohibition, he also built Seattle’s first radio station in his Mount Baker home. And many of the listeners were his accomplices waiting for code words in the broadcasts.

image of bootlegger Roy Olmstead, all smiles for the camera, dressed in an immaculate suit

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our crimers often come up with audacious plans... but no exit strategy! For instance, a single mom who tries to dig a tunnel to her child in prison, a techno DJ who sells phony airplane parts, and a French academic who makes up an academy to give himself an award. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

on the left, an image of the tunnel a 51-year old single mother dug to free her son from a prison, pictured on the right

image of Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, AKA DJ Santa Militia, on his way into court to stand charges for selling 60,000 phony aircraft parts

image of French academic Florent Montaclair, posing with his Gold Medal of Philology in 2016, a phony award he awarded to himself

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hey Rude Dudes! We're proud to say Entertainment Weekly just named Ridiculous Crime as one of the 30 best true crime shows... of all time! We want to say thank you for listening! Because we do it for the People, and that's you Link: ew.com/best-true-cr...

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

LEGO sets. Everybody loves them. Crimers love to steal them. They're light, valuable, in demand, and untraceable. Perfect for illicit maneuvers! There are many ways to steal LEGOs; here are some of our favorites. This episode approved for listeners ages 4 - 99. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

image of Youtuber and influencer Reckless Ben, with the Youtube video caption: "I got arrested because of Legos"

a seemingly unending display of the famous and familiar yellow heads of Lego mini-figurines, seized in a police raid of stolen Legos

a huge stash of boxes of stolen Legos, from a police seizure of property

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sophie Lyons was an iconic criminal. Shoplifting, pickpocketing, scams, bank robbery, she could do it all. She knew what it was to break the law... and pay the price. As her last act, she tried to keep others from her fate. We do love a good redemption story! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

image of the title page of an autobiography by Sophie Lyons, Queen of the Underworld –– book title: Why Crime Does Not Pay

image of Sophie Lyons, in her period-era dress, yet more than most would've wore, in other words, her own particular fashion sense based on the fashions of her day

an illustration of Sophie Lyons, at age 35, her criminal background and physical descriptions are given

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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 have your mind blown and your heart strings tugged by the weird and wonderful world of pigeon theft. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Mike Tyson holds one of his beloved racing pigeons, he gazes at it with wonderment and affection

image of Tom Van Gaver, one of the most famous pigeon fanciers, photographed inside his aviary in Moortsele, Belgium

a historic image of pigeon races, as the birds are released from their wicker enclosures and take to the sky

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

*Waylon Jennings voice* Popcorn Sutton was just'a good ol' boy, never meanin' no harm. A modern day moonshiner, in trouble with the law since the day he was born. Making his way the only way he knew how. Which was a little bit more than the law would allow podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton smoking his pipe, minding his still, living the life just the way he wanted to, the law be damned

Popcorn Sutton pictured with supplies for his likker, AKA his white lightning moonshine

poster of outlaw folk hero and moonshiner Popcorn Sutton with the caption: Jesus turned the water into wine, I turned it into likker

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Jho Low was a money man for the 1MDB wealth fund, created to foster green energy investment and good jobs for the people of Malaysia. Instead he financed a sweaty orgy of parties, cruises, and he funded Leonardo DiCaprio's dream project: The Wolf of Wall Street. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jho Low at apublicity event for The Wolf of Wall Street, both men are dressed in black suits, and wearing proud smiles

Jho Low and Paris Hilton pictured partying in a Vegas casino, seemingly drunk Paris Hilton aims to land a kiss on Jho Low's cheek or perhaps she's about to whisper in his ear

a sweaty Jho Low, pictured at center, partying with sisters Paris and Nicky Hilton, everyone looks blissfully inebriated

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Calling all Rude Dudes: Mashup Challenge commenced! (Sorry, Zaron... sucks to be you!)

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hot diggity dog, an art heist... in the Louvre Museum? Pinch us because we've got to be dreaming! In 2025, in broad daylight, an audacious crew broke into the Louvre and stole historical jewelry. The best part? The kid in a fedora who... steals our hearts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

pictured is the dapper young man who was originally suspected to be a French detective, but turned out to just be a stylish Frenchman who got geared up for museum excursions

image shows the ladder used by the thieves to access a second-floor window they used to break into the gallery

a breakdown of the Louvre Museum complex and where the thieves broke in and how they proceeded to smash their way to the jewels and royal crown they planned to steal

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Julie D'Aubigny could sword fight with the best of 'em. She could sing opera like a songbird. She wore men's clothing, she wore women's clothing, she wore whatever she wanted. And a great lover, she'd also steal your girl. There was almost nothing she couldn't do! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

artist's rendition of Julie D'Aubigny, chilling with her fencing foil and a confident smile decorating her face

another artist's rendition of Julie D'Aubigny, complete with fencing foil and confident smile, as is her wont

artist's rendition of Julie D'Aubigny, as Mademoiselle Maupain, beloved opera singer of the Paris stage

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here's an RC Classic: "In 1966, England hosted the FIFA World Cup. Just one problem: someone stole the cup! How can you have a global tournament with no prize? How can England save face? Enter Pickles, the pooch with a nose for sirloin and purloined goods." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

podcasts.apple.com

Pickles to the Rescue: The Stolen FIFA Cup of 1966

Podcast Episode · Ridiculous Crime · March 24, 2022 · 1h 9m

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's the American Dream: reach these golden shores, work hard, make your fortune, see your name go down in history. Charles Ponzi did that, just not the way the law intended. He perfected the pyramid scheme to such a degree... they named the whole thing after him! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Charles Ponzi, looking dapper with his custom suit , straw boater hat, and walking stick

Charles Ponzi, looking less dapper, in his prison uniform after his arrest and incarceration

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Mary Carole McDonnell was known to run a fly-by-night TV production company that made true crime shows and paid poorly and paid late. She was also a faux nepo baby who posed as an aerospace heiress. And used that identity to con banks out of millions of dollars! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Rude Dudes, choose your crime fighters:

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Born into a mob family, "Cowboy" George Martorano was destined to run afoul of the law. A non-violent guy in a sea of brutality, he sold a lotta weed (and an even greater quantity of quaaludes). But a life sentence for a first time non-violent offense? Ridiculous! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

image of "Cowboy" George Martorano in his federal prison orange jumpsuit, recalling his days of crime

image of a post-release "Cowboy" George Martorano, considering his future in a world with legal weed

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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 trouble was: he romanticized being the outlaw. That's how Roddy Dean Pippin became the last great cattle rustler of Texas. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

black and white image of Roddy Dean Pippin, the ever-romantic cattle rustler of modern Texas as he looks off thoughtfully, possibly reflecting on his crimes

in happier days, a smiling Roddy Dean Pippin, pictured with his gang, the numbskull Malone twins, David and Darrell

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A woman with a muddled biography, Pearl Hart was dubbed by the press as 'the Girl Bandit', 'the Last Stagecoach Robber', 'the Bandit Queen.' Except, she really wasn't. Well, she kind of was. Look, just like her personal history... it's complicated. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

image of Pearl Hart in the feminine clothing of her day, but the look in her eyes hints at the wild woman who lies beneath the restrictive garments

contemporaneous image of Pearl Hart, in the outfit of a trail-hardened cowboy, rifle in hand, a true denizen of the Wild West, her confident knowing look stares back at the viewer

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

He conceived a Texas-sized Ponzi scheme that amassed billions in fraudulent profits via offshore banking. Yet despite his huge donations in Antigua and US politics, Allen Stanford’s empire of lies came undone when his literal blood brother turned state’s evidence. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Allen Stanford, in better days, at a cricket match; seated on his lap is the pregnant wife of an English cricketeer, which led to a scandal on both sides of the Atlantic

Allen Stanford, looking toward the future... not knowing what it beheld, but always assuming it meant more wealth and power for him. He was wrong.

Allen Stanford in federal custody, facing charges for his multi-billion dollar fraud and embezzlement scheme

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I mean... maybe. What do you think? Good Mash-up... or Pass-up?

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If you find yourself in a real pickle in 1800s Hell's Kitchen, just ask yourself: what would Stumpy Malarkey do? What would Battle Annie do? What about Mallet Murphy? Then, go join the Battle Row Ladies' Social & Athletic Club and start throwin' bricks! Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

artist's rendition of the Battle Row Ladies' Social and Athletic Club getting that work in

lithograph of "a Five Points Bum Shop" in the days of the Battle Row Ladies' Social and Athletic Club

photo of a street in Hell's Kitchen in the days of the Battle Row Ladies' Social and Athletic Club

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ren Xiaofeng had a good life –– married, blessed with twins, a good job at a bank. But it wasn't enough. So he came up with a plan: what if he robbed the bank where he worked and then used that money to win a huge lottery prize? You can't win if you don't play. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

image of two customers playing one of the Chinese lotteries

image of Ren Xiaofeng, after he was caught and arrested

wanted poster for bank robber and lottery lover, Ren Xiaofeng, and his accomplice Ma Xinjiang

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Katie Champagne @katiechampagne.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I may or may not have the most talkbacks featured on @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social Will I stop leaving talkbacks? Probably not. 😅 If you don’t listen to Ridiculous Crime, you absolutely should. If I could meet the man and lady host IRL, I absolutely would.

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A young feisty gal with nothing to lose met a young tough fella with nothing to lose. The only thing they could possibly lose? The spark between them. And there was no stopping that. They made no money, but lived lives of wild luxury and excitement. How? Robbery! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

image of the Bobbed-hair Bandit, Celia Cooney, posed in front of a brick wall in 1924

image of Celia Cooney and her husband and partner-in-crime Ed, photo taken in 1924

image of Celia Cooney, on her way out of the courthouse in 1924

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wherever people compete for a prize, if the number of them grows large enough, eventually, you will have cheaters. In the niche worlds of competitive stone-skippers, hog hunters, and British trivia shows, Zaron and Elizabeth ferret out some ridiculous examples. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

A stone skipper competing at the annual stone skipping championship, he bends low to get the perfect sidearm delivery

a stone-skipping championship competitor, his face-painted, he brings the quirky energy the competition delivers year after year

Major Charles Ingram on Who Wants to be a Millionaire UK, as he cheated his way to the million dollar prize

a group of hog hunting cheaters, blurred faces and all, at the Swamp Time Hog Hunt in rural Louisiana

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This heist team was more meticulous than most. They planned, they schemed, they made years of dry runs and observations. And the plan went off without a hitch. After the plan? Not so much. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

A newsman wears a rubber mask resembling Tony Curtis, worn by the bandits in the infamous Brink's robbery; points to a name plate on one of the doors breached by the thieves in Boston on January 17, 1950

A front page of the Boston Globe newspaper that reads: $1,500,000 Holdup; 7 Masked Men Rob Brink's, Boston, Leave Another Million

police investigate the cash room where 7 masked men pulled off a hold up of the Brink's facility

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

In a round-up of fakers, fraudsters, and phonies, Zaron shares with Elizabeth a smorgasbord of stories of fake bears, phony medical emergencies on Mount Everest, and a fraudulent influencer abduction... to get at the truth of why we can't trust anything any more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Image of Angela the sun bear, who lives in a Chinese zoo. Many people believe she's actually a human in a bear costume. The sagging of her fur around her rump is certainly curious

A zookeeper in a Chinese panda nature preserve, wearing a human-sized panda costume. They wear it so that the young pandas don't inappropriately bond with humans

A helicopter lands on Mount Everest to rescue climbers, who have been allegedly secretly poisoned by their climbing guides in order to cash in from the western insurance companies that pay for it.

Image of Monniky Fraga, a bikini-clad Brazilian influencer who faked a kidnapping for the likes

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Randy Lanier started as a construction site weed dealer. Over the years he graduated to major drug smuggler, bringing hundreds of tons of grass into the US. To add to the risk factor, he became a Formula One driver and team owner. So much fun! ...Until it wasn't. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Randy Lanier, at the track, at the height of his criming days

Randy Lanier with his F1 car from his crime-backed racing team

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

He was a man born into crime. From a family of British hard men. Movies were made about the men of his family. That all made him a nepo baby of crime. But John McAvoy surprised the world and himself when he forged a new identity... thanks to a rowing machine. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

John McAvoy's mughsot when he was sent up for life after a failed robbery

a rehabilitated John McAvoy on his rowing machine, the one that changed his life

John McAvoy and Darren Davis, the prison guard who helped to change his life by supporting him and believing he could change

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It takes money to make money. And sometimes, you take someone else's money to make your money. You know how that goes. Marc Dreier was a flashy lawyer with a cash problem. Luckily, he had rich clients to impersonate. Problem solved! Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

image of Marc Dreier, the embezzling lawyer, caught on-camera after his Ponzi scheme crumbled

image of a contemplative Marc Dreier as he reflects on his $750 million dollar fraud

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Rudest Dude @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Most times if you fight the law, the law wins. But sometimes... luck is on your side and you win. When a pair of treasure hunters go to extraordinary lengths to recover lost gold, they must fight the law to win rights to their find. And things get... ridiculous! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

treasure hunter Dennis Parada, standing before his Finders Keepers salvage truck

Dennis Parada and his son Kem Parada, posed in the Pennsylvania woods

a young Tommy Thompson, treasure hunter, aboard ship on the hunt for sunken treasure ships

a much older Tommy Thompson, in court, during his decade-long fight to keep his recovered gold find

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