This is the American Greed Podcast presented by

C and BC. I'm Stacy Kich.

In this episode of American Greed,

to adoring Ohio State Buckeye fans, Arch Sleister was once a gridiron grate.

Guys wanted to be him, girls wanted to be with him.

He was captivating, he was charming.

But off the field, Schreister's been living a secret life.

I promise you, cross my heart and hope to die that this check will never be gassed.

Nobody will know if this happened.

He was a manipulator, and he could persuade people

in doing whatever art wanted.

Schlichter is also a compulsive gambler who lies and steals hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep the bets rolling.

I've conjured up every way possible to pay gambling debts off.

It makes you very creative. And when he sets his sights on a

wealthy widow's millions, he's about to destroy them both. I'm fucking my

ass in your house to be dead. I've never been around somebody that thought the thoughts that he thought

and did the things that he did ever.

It was terrifying to me. It's a cold lonely December in Columbus, Ohio, and in 2010, Anita Bernie is caught in a living nightmare.

I was a wreck. It was unbelievable what I was going through. I get

shivers now thinking about it. Barney has recently befriended former Ohio State

quarterback Art Sch Sleister.

Schleister was want a living legend in Columbus,

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