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One Year

Constance

One Year

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A decade before she became known as the “welfare queen,” Linda Taylor put herself at the center of a different Chicago scandal. Upon the death of gambling kingpin Lawrence Wakefield, Taylor posed as the heir to his sizable fortune. The ensuing court proceeding was full of lies and surprise witnesses. That heirship hearing would ultimately reveal Taylor’s real identity and offer a window into her troubled past. This podcast is based on Josh Levin’s new book, The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody it's Tim Heidecker you know me Tim and Eric Bridesmaids and

0:03.4

Fantastic Four. I'd like to personally invite you to listen to office hours live

0:07.8

with me and my co-host DJ Doug Pound and Vic Berger.

0:12.3

Howdy.

0:13.0

Every week we bring you laughs, fun, games and lots of other surprises.

0:16.4

It's live, we take your Zoom calls.

0:18.0

We love having fun.

0:19.0

Excuse me?

0:20.0

Vicks said something.

0:21.0

Music, music.

0:22.0

Music. I like having fun. like to laugh I like to meet people who can make me laugh

0:29.3

Please subscribe

0:32.0

Before we get to this week's episode, I wanted to let you know that this podcast mini-series is a companion to my new book, The Queen,

0:40.0

The Forgotten Life behind an American Myth.

0:42.0

It's available wherever you buy books.

0:45.3

And now, on to the show.

0:48.8

Previously, on the Queen.

0:51.6

Linda Taylor went on trial for welfare fraud in 1977.

0:55.9

Her lawyers knew that both the facts of her case and public sentiment

0:59.6

were working against her.

1:01.2

She was being painted as this big-time crook, indicative of all black females on welfare.

1:10.0

Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan kept touting Taylor's crimes.

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