Wildcide is a hybrid true crime podcast comprised of the wildest, most bizarre true crime cases mixed with interviews from filmmakers, authors, survivors, researchers, criminal investigators, psychiatrists, therapists and more. Your hosts Chelsea (an allied health professional) and Bailey (a therapist) are sisters who aren’t afraid to dive deep into concepts from systemic issues in the legal field to the pathology of offenders. So come hang out with us while we sing, cry and analyze the wildcides of the world together. Welcome home, besties and baddies!
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Wildcide is a hybrid true crime podcast comprised of the wildest, most bizarre true crime cases mixed with interviews from filmmakers, authors, survivors, researchers, criminal investigators, psychiatrists, therapists and more. Your hosts Chelsea (an allied health professional) and Bailey (a therapist) are sisters who aren’t afraid to dive deep into concepts from systemic issues in the legal field to the pathology of offenders. So come hang out with us while we sing, cry and analyze the wildcides of the world together. Welcome home, besties and baddies!
Shortcide: Conmen and the Audacity They Rode in On
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47 minutes 18 seconds
2 months ago
Shortcide: Conmen and the Audacity They Rode in On
Some criminals steal for money. These two stole for sport.
Chelsea takes on Victor Lustig, the smooth-talking con artist who “sold” the Eiffel Tower — twice — and even conned Al Capone. From fake government papers to counterfeit money presses, Lustig’s schemes left a trail of humiliated victims from Paris to New York.
Bailey dives into Ferdinand Waldo Demara, the master impostor who bluffed his way through careers he had no business holding — including performing actual surgeries in the Royal Canadian Navy after skimming a medical textbook.
Both men built empires on charm, lies, and sheer audacity. Both pushed their luck until the world finally caught up. And both prove that sometimes, the boldest crimes are the ones so ridiculous… you almost want to see if they’ll get away with it.
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CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum. (2019, July 17). Ferdinand “Waldo” Demara. CFB EsquimaltNaval & Military Museum.https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/characters/ferdinand-waldo-demara/Time. (2009, May 26). Faking it: Ferdinand Demara. Time.https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1900621_1900618_1900605,00.htmlMaysh, J. (2016, March 9). The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrievedfrom https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/Ferdinand Waldo Demara: One of the greatest imposters the world has ever seen | The Independent
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Wildcide is a hybrid true crime podcast comprised of the wildest, most bizarre true crime cases mixed with interviews from filmmakers, authors, survivors, researchers, criminal investigators, psychiatrists, therapists and more. Your hosts Chelsea (an allied health professional) and Bailey (a therapist) are sisters who aren’t afraid to dive deep into concepts from systemic issues in the legal field to the pathology of offenders. So come hang out with us while we sing, cry and analyze the wildcides of the world together. Welcome home, besties and baddies!
