Ridiculous Crime

Stories of outlandish criminal capers, heists and cons AI summary

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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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My Rich Sheikh Brings All the Art to the Yard: Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani

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Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani had a mission: buy up as much amazing art and antiquities as possible to fill five new world class museums. The budget: infinity. Or at least that's how he acted as he overbid on…
Help Us, ABBA, You're Our Only Hope: The Stockholm Syndrome Robbery (Part One)

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2026-11-05 · 1 hr 3 min

Helen Duncan had a gift. She told the world that the gift was the ability to communicate with the dead and see the future. Her real talent was puking up swatches of fabric and brawling with clients. Either way, people…
Take Me Down to Everglades City: A Town of Pot Smugglers

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The City of Everglade City was founded by smugglers, so it should be no surprise that a century later, the locals kept that tradition going. Only by then, they'd moved on to pot smuggling. It was a highly lucrative…
They Don't Love You Like I Love You: Map Crimes

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Maps are beautiful, functional works of art. Even the most utilitarian paper map has its charms. But when a map has historical value, it can fetch an incredible amount. Which, of course, makes them catnip for crimers.…
The Beef Pirates of Philadelphia

2026-10-27 · 1 hr 3 min

The police of Philadelphia were flummoxed by a new crime trend. As the crime statistics in the city were falling, one category of crime was spiking. And it was all thanks to a crew of beef pirates. The bucaneers of the…
How Angry Are These Penguins?: The Ern Malley Affair

2026-10-22 · 1 hr 2 min

A poet named Ern, so they say/Wrote verses that dazzled one day/But Ern, it turned out, was a hoax, past a doubt/Cooked up by two dorks just for play!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Outlaw Elmer McCurdy

2026-10-20 · 1 hr 11 min

Elmer McCurdy came of age at the end of the Old West, and as it vanished he tried to grab at that outlaw life while it was still a real thing. Trouble was, he was not good at being a bad man. In death, he became an…
An Offense to Forgers: The Fake Italian Amphitheater

2026-10-15 · 56 min

There's a lot of money to be made in tourism, especially in culturally rich areas like Italy's Veneto region. So what's a philanthropist/entrepreneur/orchestra conductor to do? Build a fake ancient amphitheater, of…

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Oldest episode in feed: 02/2022 · over 4 years
Typical length: 54 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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