51: The Santa Claus Con Artist w/ Alex Palmer - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, Education, History

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 1913 a PR man named John Gluck successfully petitioned the US Post Office for control of New York City's Santa Claus letters. From that point forward, he not only built the Santa Claus Association into a major holiday organization, but also found ways to steal large amounts of money in the process. Alex Palmer, author of "The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas In New York", talks about one of the great Christmas cons in American history. The author's website: https://www.alexpalmerwrites.com/santa-claus-man Become a Most Notorious patron at: www.patreon.com/mostnotorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.6	Welcome to The Most Notorious Podcast.
1:32.5	My name is Eric Rivenis.
1:34.8	Well, I was kicking myself for not getting a Christmas interview in time for an episode last week,
1:40.1	but as I was perusing the internet on Christmas Day, looking for future topics,
1:44.7	I came across a book and I contacted the author and he was gracious enough to make time for me this
1:50.5	week. So this is a very fresh episode and I hope still in time to keep with the holiday spirit
1:56.8	of the season. My guest today is Alex Palmer, journalist and author.
2:01.7	We're going to be discussing his book called The Santa Clothes Man, The Rise and Fall of a Jazz
2:08.1	Age Con Man and the invention of Christmas in New York. Thank you for your time today.
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