“The Heiress” | S1 E1
04/21/22 • 53 min
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Enter “the heiress,” Mary Carole McDonnell, who managed to hustle Banc of California out of $15 million. But that money grab, as it turns out, was not her first.
In this episode, Jami digs into Mary Carole’s past and discovers a strange career path that was peppered with financial misconduct. Jami explores Mary Carole’s upbringing, the tragic death of her sister, and some of the factors that may have motivated her to reinvent herself on a foundation of lies. If she wasn’t the heiress to the McDonnell Douglas fortune as she claimed, then who was she really? This episode peels back the first layer of that onion, so you don’t want to miss it.
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Enter “the heiress,” Mary Carole McDonnell, who managed to hustle Banc of California out of $15 million. But that money grab, as it turns out, was not her first.
In this episode, Jami digs into Mary Carole’s past and discovers a strange career path that was peppered with financial misconduct. Jami explores Mary Carole’s upbringing, the tragic death of her sister, and some of the factors that may have motivated her to reinvent herself on a foundation of lies. If she wasn’t the heiress to the McDonnell Douglas fortune as she claimed, then who was she really? This episode peels back the first layer of that onion, so you don’t want to miss it.
Today’s Sponsor -
BetterHelp - Special offer for Dirty Money Moves listeners: get 10% off your first month
Sources:
https://www.nexttv.com/news/exclusive-mcdonnell-departing-raycom-focus-bellum-133160
https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/hearst-argyle-television-going-private/
, https://www.newspapers.com/image/574659117/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/574653693/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139621261/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139645309/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140741027/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140805056/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/560459458/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/351911763/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/357252978/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/261123442/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140308456/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/142128031/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/148563177/.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141724933/.
https://pr.mo.gov/embalmers-licensee-search-detail.asp?passkey=1208064
https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/header.do?inputVO.caseNumber=21491826&inputVO.courtId=CT21:
, (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/90241471:61846
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/65248155:60382
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16604206:1170
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/262595262:62209
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141493216
https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/ca:lacanadaflintridge:91011:1336sugarloafdr
https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/al:montgomery...
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