BONUS: In Conversation with Hannah Smith of The Opportunist

And That's Why We Drink

Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz | QCODE

True Crime, Milkshakes, Comedy, Wine, Society & Culture, Paranormal

4.8 • 23.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Surprise! We have a fun bonus mini crossover episode for you today! We chatted with Hannah Smith of The Opportunist podcast, one of our favorites for mystery and intrigue. Tune in as Hannah shares with us a very strong candidate for our infamous phrase "pillar to killer" aka Robert Courtney, a pharmacist who scammed millions by diluting chemotherapy medications. He's also the focus of The Opportunist, season two! Our conclusion: stay a pillar and stop murdering people with cancer... and that's why we drink! Check out the new season of The Opportunist for the full, in-depth story of Robert Courtney. And be sure to check out the second part of this crossover HERE on The Opportunist feed, where we share our own take on stories of opportunists with Hannah!

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to and that's why we drink a paranormal and true crime podcast.
0:14.7	But today we have a very special episode for you.
0:17.6	We actually have a special guest.
0:19.4	We have Hannah Smith who is the host of the Opportunist, which is a great podcast that tells true
0:23.8	stories of regular people who turn sinister by embracing opportunity.
0:28.1	I know.
0:30.1	Season one, follow the story of Sherry Schreiner, an internet cult leader who ran her cult
0:35.6	entirely on Facebook and many ways a precursor to QAnon.
0:39.1	You know if you've listened to all three of the lengthy episodes I put on on QAnon that
0:43.6	I'm a big fan.
0:44.6	So season two follows Robert Courtney, a Kansas City pharmacist who carried out a decades
0:49.7	long fraud that became the FBI's top priority in 2001 prior to 9-11.
0:54.8	And today Hannah is going to be telling us the story of Robert Courtney for the very first
0:58.1	time.
0:59.1	We are so excited.
1:00.1	Welcome Hannah to our interesting crossover.
1:03.2	It's Travis Kansas.
1:05.3	And also thank you for being willing to be a part of a crossover with us.
1:09.4	It's absolutely very, very wonderful.
1:11.4	So thank you for being here and also letting us on your show.
1:13.9	Oh yes, I'm so excited to be here.
1:16.3	Thank you so much for having me and for coming on my show.
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