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Dr. Dante | Episode 7: The Documentary

Chameleon

audiochuck | Campside Media

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.68K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Now in his 70s, Dr Dante walks out of prison (again) determined to solidify his legacy. He attracts the attention of Bradley, a documentary filmmaker keen to capture his final act. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes of Dr. Dante, ad-free right now. Click ‘try free’ at the top of the Chameleon: Dr. Dante page on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from SonyMusic Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Jay Rayner from the podcast out to lunch.

0:04.0

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0:07.5

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0:19.9

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0:24.1

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0:27.0

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0:33.1

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0:36.6

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0:41.4

I haven't told you before.

0:43.6

When the clock struck midnight on Y2K, Ronald Dante was in a prison cell.

1:08.9

For decades of hopscotching from scam to scam and reinventing himself a truly exhausting

1:14.7

amount of times, here he was, a bonafide old man, or old dude as he preferred to be called,

1:23.5

stuck on the inside with nothing to keep him warm but memories of the neon glow of his

1:28.8

show business heyday.

1:31.9

This prison term had all the makings of an ending for our anti-hero.

1:36.7

And it's quite possible that prison would have been Dante's final act.

1:41.4

Had he languished in his cell or disappeared into obscurity upon release, his bizarrely

1:47.3

complex legacy left behind in the 20th century.

1:50.7

It probably would have been the end if it wasn't for a documentary filmmaker in Texas,

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