79. The Slippery Life of Soapy Smith

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Iain dives into the life and crimes of Soapy Smith, a 19th-century con artist who earned his nickname by mastering the art of ‘The Soap Game’. Hear about how Soapy went from a small-time crook to the leader of a major criminal empire in America’s Wild West.

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
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0:06.7	We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July
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0:43.1	They keep on coming, like, tax bills.
0:47.2	They will never stop.
0:48.8	But I'm hoping a little bit more of a positive experience of tax bill.
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0:55.6	But let's not get into that right now because it is...
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1:03.3	My name is Ian Sterling.
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