Champagne for My Horses

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Rita Crundwell seemed like a simple woman. As a kid, she liked 4H, horses, and country living. She grew up to work in City Hall in her small hometown of Dixon, Illinois. For decades, though, this all-American product of the heartland had a secret. She was cooking the town's books, embezzling millions, and lying to everyone she knew to pay for her lavish, pony-loving lifestyle.

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0:00.0	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
0:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
0:15.8	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
0:19.1	I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.
0:22.6	This is Ear Witness.
0:24.9	Come to Ear Witness on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:29.9	podcasts.
0:54.9	Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.
1:06.4	Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of, or an illicit student teacher relationship
1:11.2	on our favorite show.
1:12.8	We're Suzy Banticaram and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect, where
1:17.5	each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us, and probably you,
1:22.1	to try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it.
1:25.4	You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.
1:28.4	Listen to In Retrospect on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your
1:32.8	favorite shows.
1:34.5	Ridiculous crime is a production of iHeartRadio.
1:37.3	It was a bit done.
1:38.6	Zaren.
1:39.6	Do you know what's ridiculous?
1:40.6	Yeah, I'll tell you what's ridiculous.
1:42.1	Oh, hit me with it.
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