322. RANDOM: Scram Scammers
Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery
This week, Kara’s bringing you a collection of wild scams throughout history.
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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Tichborne-Claimant-Rohan-McWilliam/dp/1852854782
https://www.amazon.com/Newton-Counterfeiter-Detective-Greatest-Scientist/dp/0547336047
https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2012/the-tichborne-trials/
https://coinsandhistoryfoundation.org/tag/william-chaloner/
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13074
https://www.aps.org/archives/publications/apsnews/201103/physicshistory.cfm
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/tichborne-case-victorian-melodrama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chaloner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_case
https://www.executedtoday.com/2009/03/22/1699-william-chaloner-isaac-newton-counterfeiter/
https://headstuff.org/culture/history/william-chaloner-master-counterfeiter/
https://daily.jstor.org/body-double-tichborne-claimant/
http://www.elizabethkmahon.com/2013/06/beautiful-forever-life-of-madame-rachel.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-was-madame-rachel-scam
https://www.geriwalton.com/madame-rachel-a-victorian-era-con-artist/
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18780408-428
https://helenrappaport.com/womens-history/beautiful-forever/
https://www.geriwalton.com/madame-rachel-a-victorian-era-con-artist/
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