Mickey Cohen
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Mickey Cohen had friends in high places, from celebrities to televangelists to the LAPD. So what happened when one of the nation's most notorious mobsters tried to file his taxes as a legitimate hat salesman?
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One week episode delay
Criminal Records Podcast
Heads up that due to the usual September bout with illness that plagues all new teachers, there will be no episode this week. We'll record part 2 on Mickey Cohen next week.
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Mickey Cohen, part 1
Criminal Records Podcast
It's an illegal gambling, Nazi-punching, tax-paying good time with Mickey Cohen, a gangster who rose through the ranks during one of America's most infamous eras of organized crime. Just don't ask about who he might have shot on his way to the top.
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No episode this week
Criminal Records Podcast
Sorry for the delay folks! Isaac's school year just started and Demetria has been sick, so we'll have a delayed release for this next episode.
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Sovereign Citizens, part 2
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As the internet creates new unmoderated spaces for ideas to spread, the sovereign citizen movement moves on to new audiences and finds a lot of angry divorced dads who don't want to pay child support. Content notes: This episode continues our discussions of fascist ideology, racism, and antisemitism from part 1.
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Sovereign Citizens, part 1
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Don't feel like paying your taxes? Want to start your own posse? Still mad about the gold standard? Looking for an excuse to blame all your problems on the Jews? Have we got a legally dubious ideology for you! Content notes: This episode contains discussion of fascism and anti-semitic ideology. Some violent incidents such as Ruby Ridge and Waco are mentioned but are not discussed in detail.
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The Principality of Hutt River
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When you're unhappy about the price of wheat, there's only one solution: Send a telegraph to the Australian government declaring war.
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The James Flint Incident
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When an Englishman with the rare ability to speak Mandarin Chinese got into a dispute with a corrupt local official in Zhejiang, he took his complaints all the way to the top, kicking off a diplomatic incident involving the emperor himself.
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Episode delayed by one week
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Hi all, Due to the 4th of July holiday there won't be an episode this week. But we'll have one for you next week!
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Simas Kudirka
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A negotiation over fishing rights took an unexpected turn when a Lithuanian fisherman jumped onto an American Coast Guard ship to seek asylum. But as investigators dug into the story of this Soviet citizen's attempt to defect, they discovered that the defector's legal status was far more complicated than anyone—even Kudirka himself—could have guessed. (Sorry for the late post this week, I'm getting over a migraine!)
info_outlineUnder Britain's most notorious era of criminal law, you could be sentenced to death for everything from destroying a fishpond to being a particularly malicious 7-year-old. But how many criminals actually died thanks to this wave of harsh legislation? Getting the answer requires a deep dive into the very weird world of crime and punishment in the industrializing United Kingdom.
Content note: This episode is about capital punishment in British law and will include a lot of information about the state executing convicted criminals. The show notes contain images of hangings. I'm sticking with our general policy of choosing illustrations for our show notes instead of photographs of dead bodies.