PLUS 0041 Money, Mysteries and Corruption in the Entertainment World

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

Richard Syrett & Glassbox Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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PLUS EPISODE #0041 MONEY, MYSTERIES AND CORRUPTION IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD Richard welcomes an author/historian who explores the concept of fame in all its fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why do so many entertainers do so much better financially than peers who have comparable resumes? The guest also examines the myriad of unnatural deaths which have plagued the entertainment industry since the dawn of Hollywood. Guest: Don Jeffries has been researching the JFK assassination since the mid-1970s, when he was a teenage volunteer for Mark Lane's Citizens Committee of Inquiry. He is very active on all the JFK assassination forums, and has been a moderator on the London Spartacus Education Forum for several years. His first published book, the acclaimed 2007 novel The Unreals, has been compared to Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. Hidden History is his first nonfiction book. Book: On Borrowed Fame Unlock Strange Planet Premium at https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

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0:00.0	The monopoly game is back at McDonald's, and guess what? It's still twice as nice, because
0:04.6	with double peel, you can peel on pack. Then peel again on the McDonald's app, to when
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1:37.3	Welcome to another conspiracy unlimited plus episode for premium subscribers.
1:43.7	In his new book on borrowed fame, Money Mysteries and Corruption,
1:47.3	in the entertainment world, author Don Jeffries explores the concept of fame in all its
1:52.9	fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why does so many entertainers do so much better
1:58.8	financially than peers who have comparable resumes? Don also examines a subject he's quite familiar
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