240: The Horseplay Heist (Scam Goddess)

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Digging into the story of Rita Crundwell, who steals $53 million from her town; learning Rita uses the money to fund her lavish equestrian lifestyle, Laci meets the whistleblower who finally reigned in Rita's wild ride.

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0:00.0	Today's date is before July 1990. We're going to conduct an audio surveillance of one Pamela Smart.
0:08.2	What's going on over there, there's somebody screaming for help outside.
0:12.2	Tell me how they did it. How they did? What killed Drake's smart?
0:15.8	Just down the road, I was a 15-year-old kid and absolutely believed what my family and neighbors were telling me.
0:21.9	22-year-old Pamela Smart used her 16-year-old lover to murder her husband.
0:26.5	If her fingerprints were on the locking mechanism, then Pam didn't let the boys in.
0:29.9	She refuses to take any responsibility for the planning of the murder.
0:34.6	As adamant as she is, I have to give it some credit.
0:37.3	Pam, just say you fucking did it so you can go home so your mother can rest. for the planning of the murder. As adamant as she is, I have to give it some credit.
0:41.4	Pam, just say you fucking did it so you can go home so your mother can rest.
0:42.9	She is a demon.
0:44.5	Hi, Pam.
0:49.5	I'm your host, Mel Barrett, and this is the Inbetween podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts, or binge the whole season now, including bonus content at the Grab Bag CoLab Patreon.
0:55.5	Thanks for listening and sharing.
0:57.4	Joey just gave me some really interesting information while we were not recording.
1:02.8	Do you want to tell them or do you want me to tell them?
1:05.6	Is this the one that some of my gay male friends are coming from New York for a birthday weekend rave. And when you asked,
1:12.1	can I come? I said no. No. But I already knew the answer to that question because though I am an
1:18.5	ally, a true ally, and often welcome in homosexual spaces, I know when I'm not wanted.
1:28.8	Okay, well, what was the other thing?
1:30.4	That you wanted to be bisexual.
1:33.5	Well, I wish I were bisexual because, listen, why not cast that net wide?
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