Ep. 131 - The Miser

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In 1973, John Paul Getty III, the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the world's richest man, was kidnapped in Rome. What happened next was one of the most bizarre and twisty kidnap stories in history. My special guest for this episode is Moxie LaBouche of the "Your Brain on Facts" podcast. http://yourbrainonfacts.com/ Notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/europe/08gettyobit.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-paul-getty-iii-the-true-story-behind-trust-203954/ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9173861/john-paul-getty-kidnapping/ https://www.bustle.com/p/heres-what-happened-to-john-paul-getty-iii-after-his-kidnapping-8531739 https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/life-j-paul-getty-richest-man-history-world/ https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/George-Weyerhaeuser-kidnap-Tacoma-PNW-84-years-ago-13893614.php http://www.nostalgiamagazine.net/2019/01/29/the-george-weyerhaeuser-kidnapping-of-1935/ Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, spooky season is here and if you're looking for a show to wet your appetite for a little haunted history, then I'd like to invite you to
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0:19.7	infamous legends, folklore, ghost stories, and hauntings of the American South.
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0:58.0	Hey guys, Nate Hale here.
1:01.4	For this episode, I'm bringing on a special guest to help me out.
1:04.0	Moxie Labouche is the writer and host of Your Brain on Facts. A weekly podcast
1:09.6	dedicated to all the things you thought you knew and things you never knew you wanted to know.
1:14.8	And without further ado, here's Moxie. They never would have taken the boy if they hadn't let the students out early that day.
1:27.0	George Weyerhouser Jr. was the son of a wealthy family in Tacoma, Washington.
1:32.0	On a typical day at lunchtime, George would walk. of a wealthy family in Tacoma, Washington.
1:32.6	On a typical day at lunchtime, George would walk from Lowell Elementary School to the
1:37.1	Annie Wright seminary to meet his sister, after which the two of them would be picked up by
1:41.8	the family chauffeur and be driven home for lunch.
1:45.1	But on the afternoon Friday, May 24th, 1935, George's school let out early, meaning he got out too early to meet his sister or the chauffeur at the usual time.
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