Episode 331 - Sponge Crimes: The Great Heist of Tarpon Springs

Florida Men on Florida Man

Wayne McCarty

Fmofm, Comedy, Floridaman, Truecrime, Florida, Floridamen, History, Mystery

5 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Josh Mills and Wayne McCarty discuss the deadliest train in America (spoiler alert: it’s in Florida), provide a six-month update on their New Year’s resolutions, and take a deep dive into the mysterious sponge industry that built the city of Tarpon Springs from the ground up. Ghost ships, million-dollar heists, and D-list celebrities, this episode has it all!

Each week, the Florida Men on Florida Man podcast blends comedy with the fascinating legends, lore, and history of the wildest state in the union: Florida.

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0:00.0	Starting, Florida Men on Florida Man.
0:05.8	Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away.
0:13.7	That's where my heart is yearning ever,
0:17.7	home where the old folks stay.
0:25.5	Welcome to Florida Mint on Florida Man with Josh Mills and Wayne McCarty.
0:37.1	The podcast where Floridians discuss the legends and lore and crazy stories that always seem to take place in Florida.
0:40.0	Welcome.
0:41.2	Come on. New listeners.
0:42.1	That's right.
0:43.6	What you're thinking now is, is this show good?
0:46.2	Should I stop listening?
0:47.9	Yeah.
0:48.9	And if you've heard this, then you probably hit stop already.
0:53.6	Yeah, if you're still here, welcome reoccurring listeners to our show.
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1:01.0	How do you save money?
1:02.9	Because I can tell you how I save money.
1:04.4	Great question.
1:05.4	I save money by pretending that I have no debt ceiling and I just spend it. I keep spending it.
1:12.5	And that just, if you don't believe you have debt, you don't have debt. That makes sense.
1:15.7	Go ahead. Your turn? My man. Oh, I, for some, somehow my Apple, now it's asking me for a
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