How Bertha Heyman Conned Her Way Into Show Business
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Bertha Heyman was a notorious con artist with a robust rap sheet and a penchant for bilking well-to-do, otherwise shrewd men. Listen in to learn how Bertha's life of crime led her, oddly enough, into showbiz.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on I Heart. I'm going to explore |
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| 0:27.4 | On the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.0 | Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Andrea Gunning and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal. |
| 0:43.3 | Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail count when she discovered a |
| 0:47.5 | terrible secret. I saw a hidden folder and I opened it with the help that I just see. |
| 0:54.4 | Listen to season two of betrayal on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your |
| 1:01.2 | podcasts. Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets |
| 1:10.1 | in Washington, D.C. This child was laying on the side of the road. The person said, I murdered |
| 1:16.3 | your daughter. They killed her believe that he may have been seen. I will admit the others when |
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| 1:52.1 | Well, well, well. Looks like it's time for another con job. Welcome to Ridiculous History. I'm |
| 2:07.9 | Ben. Did a long con or a short con. It's a big con. It's a, you know, as a matter of fact, |
| 2:14.0 | I didn't bring this up with you guys yet, but I have a question for you, super producer, |
| 2:18.4 | Casey Paggram. I'm listening. Do you guys think that we do stories about con artists often enough |
| 2:27.0 | that we should get a sound cue for like a con job? And if so, what would it be? Well, there's |
| 2:32.7 | the classic. Dun, dun, dun. Yeah, it seems like a dastardly kind of sound effect, you know, |
| 2:38.0 | like a snidely whiplash type figure. There's a money sound to like a change register or something, |
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