Financial Horror Stories Vol. 4, Grave Financial Robbing

Rule Breaker Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing, Invest, Rulebreaker, Stocks, Company, Growth, Stockmarket, Fool, Foolish

4.5 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

By the pricking of my thumbs, something SPOOKY this way comes. That icy chill in the air tells us that it’s that season again. It’s that time of year when Robert Brokamp brings his ghoulishly chilling tales of frightful scams, legal guillotines, and savings depleting poltergeists. But, along with every tale of fright, comes a lesson and a warning, to help you beware these dark and malevolent pitfalls. Let the tales begin! (5:35) - The Chimera of Omaha(12:15) - The Vanguard Vanishing(16:55) - Helter Shelter(23:35) - Invasion of the Crypto Snatchers!(31:00) - I Know What You Signed Last Century(39:22) - The Nightmare on Margaritaville Street Sign up for The Motley Fool’s Breakfast News here: ⁠⁠www.fool.com/breakfastnews⁠⁠ Order David’s Rule Breaker Investing book here: ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1804091219/⁠ Host: David GardnerGuest: Robert BrokampProducer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	300 sensors.
0:03.0	Over a million data points per second.
0:06.0	How does F1 update their fans with every stat in real time?
0:10.0	AWS is how.
0:13.0	From fastest laps to strategy calls,
0:15.0	AWS puts fans in the pit.
0:19.0	It's not just racing, it's data-driven innovation at 200 miles per hour.
0:25.4	AWS is how leading businesses power next-level innovation.
0:32.2	There's that memorable opening scene from Twilight Zone, the movie. Two guys telling each other scary stories.
0:40.3	Do you remember it?
0:41.3	One of those two is Dan Aykroyd.
0:43.3	And check it.
0:44.3	The other is Albert Brooks, driving down a rainy highway at night.
0:49.3	Hey man, you want to hear something scary?
0:52.3	He tells his buddy in the car.
0:54.6	A scary story.
0:56.1	Makes a scary observation that his buddy thinks about it for a moment.
1:00.7	Raining?
1:01.7	Going down the highway.
1:03.6	Churps back, yeah, that was scary.
1:06.5	But you want to hear something scarier?
1:09.3	Eventually it gets to a point where they say you want to hear something scarier? Eventually it gets to a point where they say, you want to hear
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