Lindsay and Madison discuss con-artist Bertha Heyman, as well as how you can seemingly make it as long as you have “confidence,” that it’s never okay to fat-shame someone (even if they’re an asshole), and how you can find a new career even after a life of crime.
Information pulled from the following sources:
- 2021 Geri Walton blog post
- 2019 Atlas Obscura article by Sabrina Imbler
- 2019 Mental Floss article by Kristy Puchko
- 2018 Professional Criminals of America Revised blog post
- 1888 Daily Alta California article
- 1886 Professional Criminals of America book by Thomas Byrnes
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04/06/22 • 57 min
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