America's OG Backstabber- Benedict Arnold (Founding Felons)

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

He was Washington's ride-or-die… until he ghosted the Revolution for 20K and a pension."

Benedict Arnold didn't just switch sides—he planned to sell out West Point while hosting George Washington for dinner. Oh, and his wife? Was probably texting her British ex the whole time.

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0:00.0	Could you imagine rowboating out into the ocean, into the sea?
0:04.2	Absolutely not.
0:04.8	Above the abyss?
0:06.2	No.
0:07.2	And being like, I'm going to go steal some cannons.
0:09.3	Be back, guys.
0:10.2	It is none of my business.
0:12.1	What is in the abyss of the sea?
0:13.6	That is too scary. Hey you guys. So welcome back to Killer Queens. And we're doing... Hello. Hello. We're doing something fun this week. Yeah. You can see we're patriotic. We are. If you're watching on the YouTube's, of course. And we are going to do like a theme content week this week. We have not done this before. We're pretty excited about it. And this week's theme for the 4th of July is founding felons. Oh yeah. It is going to be fun.
0:54.6	So I hope you're ready.
0:56.8	Because today we are going to talk about Benedict Arnold, the ultimate traitor.
1:03.0	Herky.
1:04.1	Have you ever been called Benedict Arnold?
1:05.9	No.
1:07.0	I haven't either, but like, what a joy, you know.
1:10.0	I have been called. To know that I've affected someone joy, you know? I have been called...
1:10.9	To know that I've affected someone that deep.
1:12.9	Yeah.
1:13.3	I have been called Cold Hard Bitch a la the Jets song.
1:17.7	Oh.
1:18.5	Yeah.
1:18.7	The guy played the entire song on my voicemail for me one time.
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