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Infamous

Bernie Madoff, Line One

Infamous

Sony Music

News, Relationships, Society & Culture, True Crime, Entertainment News

3.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After notorious Wall Street scammer Bernie Madoff was sentenced to prison, he refused to speak with the media. But journalist Steve Fishman took that as a challenge. So he sent letters to every single other inmate at the facility, asking for an introduction to Madoff. And after months of asking around, Fishman finally got the call he’d been waiting for. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.9

I'm Aaron Moriarty of 48 hours and of all the cases I've covered this is the one that troubles me most a bizarre and maddening tale involving an eyewitness account that doesn't quite make sense. A sister testified against a brother, a lack of physical evidence. Krossy Green has lived more than half his

0:19.7

life behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit.

0:22.8

Listen to Murder in the Orange Grove,

0:24.8

the Troubled Case Against Crawley Green,

0:26.7

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:28.8

Campside Media.

0:35.0

Madoff, it is a name that will live in infamy,

0:38.0

thousands of individuals, charities, and funds that on paper were worth a total of $65 billion were wiped out.

0:47.0

People invested their life savings with this guy, not little old ladies in Dubuque, sophisticated incredibly intelligent investors.

0:56.4

I mean, he just spent it.

0:58.6

It's the work of a psychopath.

1:00.3

It's the work of a financial psychopath, yes.

1:04.0

From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment,

1:11.0

this is infamous, and I'm Vanessa Gregoriatis.

1:15.0

This week we have a special episode about the very infamous Bernie Madoff.

1:27.0

He ran the biggest financial fraud in history, a Ponzi scheme. It went on for decades. Now nobody could get to

1:37.8

Bernie until one journalist Steve Fishman got to him. This week I'm going to talk to Steve and play some clips from the news at the time.

1:46.0

We'll also play some of Steve's audible podcast on Bernie. It's called Ponzi Supernova.

1:52.0

Steve, I'm very excited to talk to you. It's called Ponzi Supernova.

1:53.1

Steve, I'm very excited to talk to you.

1:55.1

You and I have known each other for what, like 15 years,

1:59.1

maybe 20?

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