Comedy
Why have only a few particular murders and heists and scandals been immortalized in popular culture? Join Shane and Duncan for a dive into three famous capers of the 1900s to help uncover the x-factors that elevate a garden-variety crime to legend status. ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode: Charles Lindbergh The Aerial Daredevil Lindbergh Aviator Worship Air Mail ServiceThe Orteig Prize John Alcock and Arthur Brown The Kidnapping of the Lindburgh Baby The Ransom Notes John Condon, Intermediary The Body is Found Gold Certificates Break the Case Bruno Richard Hauptmann The Trial Theft of the Mona Lisa The Louvre in the Early 1900s Louis Beroud Leonardo da Vinci and the History of the Painting Francesco and Lisa Giocondo Louis Lepine Pablo Picasso, Suspect Vencenzo Peruggia Alfredo Geri and Giovanni Poggi Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Fatty, Chaplin, and the Keystone Kops Memorial Day at the Saint Francis Hotel in San Francisco Virginia Rappe Bambina Maude Delmont The Death First Trial Second Trial Third Trial and Exoneration William B Goodrich ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! Midnight Merch ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~ Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript ~ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND SLEEP IS OVERRATED ~