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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A fortune hunter searches for buried treasure in an Arizona silver mine but finds something he never expected. And a young boy learns how to hustle and survive in Brooklyn during a time when the mob ran the streets.

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Silver Mine

W.C. Jameson has searched for a recovered buried treasure across the world. But on a search in Arizona, he found something he never expected.

Find out more about W.C. Jameson’s work and adventures at his website.

Produced by Anna Sussman, original score by Leon Morimoto

Number One Boy

In Brooklyn, before it was hip, back in the days when Williamsburg was still rough and the mob ran Red Hook, this is where Lou Diaz learned how to hustle as a young boy. It was on these same streets that this hustle would be particularly handy in a totally different way than he ever expected.

Check out Lou’s book, Dancing with the Devil: Confessions of an Undercover Agent.

Produced by Julia Dewitt, original score by Renzo Gorrio

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Sound design by Pat Mesiti-Miller

Transcript

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0:00.0	Snap, judgment, studios.
0:07.0	Okay, so they tell you to wait.
0:17.4	But someday everything's gonna be worth it.
0:20.4	The patience of the virtue, it's just around the corner.
0:23.0	Don't throw everything away, but what if there's nothing there?
0:29.5	Well, today on Snap Judgment we want to see what everyone's working so hard for.
0:37.8	My name is unwashed into close the door.
0:40.5	Set your phone to voicemail.
0:41.5	They tell your boss, we need a moment to prepare the big sale.
0:45.5	Cause you're listening.
0:48.5	To Snap Judgment.
0:49.5	Now then, speaking of bosses, you want to quit your job?
1:06.0	How about quit your job and get rich and have fantastic adventures?
1:09.4	Well, it's probably not a good idea.
1:14.1	Unless you're this next guy.
1:24.1	Hello, my name is W.C. Jameson and I'm a professional treasure hunter.
1:31.1	For about 40 years, W.C. Jameson has searched for and recovered buried treasure.
1:36.4	Gold bars, silver ingots, ancient artifacts, and he's done it in secret.
1:42.7	I pretty much never let anybody know about it.
1:46.0	My children didn't even know what I was doing in large part because a lot of what we do
1:52.7	is illegal.
1:53.8	He's a bit of a folk legend among treasure hunters.
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