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| 0:00.0 | This is Invisibilia Amalice Spiegel, and I'm Lulu Miller. |
| 0:03.2 | And we're here today because we want to give you a podcast bonus. |
| 0:07.6 | Bum bum! |
| 0:08.2 | Lulu went out to report the solutions show, and she came across this really cool story about this guy |
| 0:15.1 | who was insane by his own definition, but who no longer believes that he is |
| 0:21.7 | because of what he calls the greatest scheme of all. |
| 0:25.7 | This is William Kitt. |
| 0:28.9 | He's pretty much always been a skimmer. |
| 0:31.9 | Ever since the late 1950s when he was 11 years old? |
| 0:35.2 | You know, back then, I know times, right? |
| 0:37.6 | Everything was in machines, automated, right? |
| 0:40.8 | But with the machines. |
| 0:42.8 | Like cash machines? |
| 0:44.3 | Yeah, like sandwich machines, but tail chip machines. |
| 0:47.9 | Oh yeah. |
| 0:48.5 | You put the cord in and you said, right? |
| 0:50.6 | Well, you were shaking and hitting the right way and the money comes out. |
| 0:58.2 | So I had around 20 of these machines that I was going every day. |
| 1:02.9 | I would go around and shake it. |
| 1:04.8 | Good money. |
| 1:05.8 | Good money, right? |
| 1:07.6 | So I guess they found they staked out the place for about two months and they finally caught me |
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