A Fraudulent Aretha Franklin: How Do You Spell Respect?

Ridiculous Crime

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History, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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If a New York City hairdresser who looks a little like James Brown comes up to you and says he can make you a star, don't believe him. But Miss Mary Jane Jones had to learn that lesson the hard way –– by playing Florida nightclubs as she pretended to be the real Aretha Franklin. Naturally, that's no way to earn R.E.S.P.E.C.T. But it will certainly get you attention from the law.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:24.0	Ridiculous crime is a production of IHeart Radio. Elizabeth Dutton. Zaron Burnett. That's you. Yeah. Hey, what's it? I've got a question for you. Yes. Do you know what's ridiculous? I do know it's ridiculous. What? Close your eyes. Okay, my eyes are closed. Come and have me it you're sitting you're sitting in a buffalo wild wings okay just just going to town on some wild wings okay i mean i assume that's what
0:31.6	they sell there totally you're describing my thursdays yeah yeah so you're just like oh you're just
0:35.9	putting the herd on elbows deep Elbows deep in wings.
0:38.2	Oh, yeah.
0:38.9	And then you look up and there's a bodacious babe.
0:42.8	Okay.
0:43.5	And she...
0:44.1	Is she AI?
0:45.0	She's 100% real American beefs there.
0:47.7	Whoa.
0:48.3	So she comes over and she's got like this like beautiful lipstick on and she leans in. Uh-huh. And she's got like this like beautiful lipstick on.
0:55.3	And she leans in.
0:57.0	And she says to you, I want to put you on a one way trip to Flavortown.
1:02.9	Okay.
1:03.6	Now is this like the best fantasy you've ever had?
1:07.2	Totally.
1:07.7	I mean, it's just like this is pretty much how I dream of restaurant flirtations.
1:12.4	Yeah, exactly.
1:13.6	Well, you know what?
1:14.3	Mm-hmm.
1:14.8	This could be real.
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