Showing results by publisher "HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books" in Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
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Empire of Deception
- The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
- By: Dean Jobb
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination, Chicago's corrupt political leaders fraternized with gangsters, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as $30 million.
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Makes Ponzi look like a chump
- By Moman on 15-01-2019
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Empire of Deception
- The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 19-05-2015
- Language: English
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Bunk
- The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
- By: Kevin Young
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington.
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Bunk
- The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 14-11-2017
- Language: English
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The Darkest Glare
- A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles
- By: Chip Jacobs
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Late-1970s Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his younger associate, Jerry Schneiderman, brilliant and nerdy. When the pair hired a veteran contractor to oversee construction, the space planning firm they operated out of a hip mansion in LA's Miracle Mile district appeared poised to transform the boundless skyline into their jackpot. After the promising team imploded, however, the orderly lines on their blueprints succumbed to treachery and secrets.
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The Darkest Glare
- A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-03-2021
- Language: English
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