Little Houdini - Christopher Daniel Gay

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Most fugitives run to escape the law, but Christopher Daniel Gay ran to find his way home. Known by the nickname "Little Houdini," Gay didn't commit violent sprees or masterminded conspiracies; instead, he became a national folk hero and a law enforcement nightmare through a series of daring escapes and one of the most bizarre vehicle thefts in history.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media
0:02.4	Igniting Conversation
0:04.2	Welcome to True
0:12.9	To go
0:14.0	What can I get for you?
0:16.0	Is this Uber?
0:17.8	I need a car
0:18.9	No, if you're not Uber, I'll just still a, I'll still a bus.
0:23.5	I'll still a bus and see my mom.
0:24.9	Hold up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.7	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:34.0	I am John here with Jamie and week two of being snowed in. Like we're still snowed in.
0:40.1	We're still snowed in. Have you ever been to a drive through before? Because that was a little
0:43.7	ranty. I don't think that's what you're supposed to do. Well, you know, I have some pretty
0:49.8	notorious dealings with our local McDonald's and maybe I'm the problem.
0:54.8	I've been saying that for weeks.
0:56.5	Speaking to being the problem, at the end of our last true crime cast episode,
1:00.5	we talked about serial killers having eyes above their ears.
1:04.8	I mean, John is looking at it really funny.
1:07.7	So I think we got some issues.
1:08.8	You may want to go check out that conversation on our Richard McCoy episode if you haven't already. I have updated my security system.
1:15.3	You do not have a key to my home anymore. So you'll need to give, you can just keep it because
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