Episode 95 - Abraham Shakespeare: Lucky Numbers

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True Crime

4.5 • 19.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 2006 all of Abraham Shakespeares' dreams came true.

He won 30 million dollars on the lottery, it looked like all his troubles were over.

But within 3 years all of his money disappeared and soon after, Abraham disappeared too.

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to Redhanded early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:24.0	I'm Hannah. I'm Sruti and welcome to Redhanded.
0:28.0	I've gone through some phases in my very long lifespan of 28 years, where I've had absolutely no money,
0:35.0	and I've also had times when I've had a bit of money, never loads, but like some in my life of Korean abundance.
0:42.0	And although my general happiness did not change that much in between those times, I still think that at least 60% of my problems would be solved by a large lump sum of money.
0:56.0	And if you hang out in the Facebook group, you will already know that the lottery comes up in this week's episode. In fact, it's pretty central.
1:04.0	Winning the lottery is on a lot of people's lifetime goals list. I say it flippantly loads myself. I say stuff like,
1:11.0	oh, like I could only do that if I win the lottery, or I'll get back to you when I've won the lottery. Like I say it quite...
1:17.0	So for the bants, Hannah.
1:19.0	Bants.
1:21.0	Oh, talk to me when I've won the lottery, don't worry about it. Just wall to wall bants with Hannah McGuire, don't worry about it.
1:26.0	Hey Hannah, do you want to go to the pub? Call me when I win the lottery.
1:29.0	Well currently, it do be like that, I'm afraid.
1:32.0	Sometimes it just be like that. It's the cutting remarks. That's what's made this podcast so shit hot. It's cutting remarks like that.
1:39.0	It's just that sassy, you've got that.
1:42.0	Call me when I win the lottery, bitch. Good.
1:46.0	Exactly. But perhaps my life isn't really that bad because it would seem that more often than not,
1:52.0	winning the lottery has actually brought not too much happiness to the recipients of the big bucks.
1:58.0	And here are just a few examples. In 2012, a group of McDonald's employees sued their co-worker for allegedly defrauding the Maryland lottery to avoid having to split the winnings with them.
2:09.0	And then in 2002, Jack Whitaker won $315 million on the Powerball. And quite quickly afterwards, he was robbed of over half a million dollars in a strip club.
2:20.0	Why have you got half a million dollars with you in a strip club?
2:23.0	Why have you got it in cash?
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