The Santa Claus Con w/ Larry Owens

12/21/21 • 67 min

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What's poppin' con-gregation? This week, we have Larry Owens discussing John Duval Gluck, the conman who popularized writing letters to Santa Claus in the beginning of the 20th century. Plus, investors in an NFT project titled “Evolved Apes” learn that the world of NFTs isn’t immune to scams. Stay Schemin'!

Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dyem/investors-spent-millions-on-evolved-apes-nfts-then-they-got-scammed

https://nypost.com/2015/09/20/meet-the-con-artist-who-popularized-writing-to-santa-claus/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-con-man-who-saved-christmas/

https://ny.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895926/the-strange-story-of-nycs-santa-claus-building-that-never-was

Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dyem/investors-spent-millions-on-evolved-apes-nfts-then-they-got-scammed

https://nypost.com/2015/09/20/meet-the-con-artist-who-popularized-writing-to-santa-claus/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-con-man-who-saved-christmas/

https://ny.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895926/the-strange-story-of-nycs-santa-claus-building-that-never-was

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Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-story-behind-londons-notorious-girl-gang-the-forty-elephants/

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality

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Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-organization-insurance-investigation-golf-course-1249755/

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/freedom-phone-security-issues/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/the-newest-star-of-the-trump-movement-ran-a-trump-bashing

https://mtonews.com/candace-owens-brilliant-new-scam-to-make-millions-from-republicans

https://newsone.com/4166719/candace-owens-washington-county-republican-party/

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/04/candace-owens-blexit/

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/10/24/every-receipt-proving-candace-owens-is-a-con-artist-who-is-following-the-money/

https://medium.com/@randileeharper/an-open-letter-to-social-autopsy-ae64fccdcfe