Rena Pederson: The King of Diamonds

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We’re now digging into a real Texas story. We’re talking about a brazen jewel thief in the 1960s who burgled some of the wealthiest homes in Dallas. But he was an odd thief. Sometimes he took just one diamond earring, probably because he knew it would ruin the set. He would put down a towel so he wouldn’t sully an expensive chair by stepping on it. Who was this jewel thief? Author Rena Pederson unfurls the story in her book, The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3zukETh See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram) 2024 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Well, I would call people and they would rat on their neighbors.
1:05.0	I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.
1:14.2	I'm also the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on Exactly Right.
1:18.4	And throughout my career, research for my many audio and book projects has taken me around the world.
1:25.2	On Wicked Words, I sit down with the people I've met along the way,
1:29.0	amazing writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters who have investigated and
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1:39.2	both good and bad and it's a deep dive into the unpublished details behind their stories.
1:47.6	We are now digging into a real Texas story.
1:51.0	We're talking about a brazen jewel thief in the 1960s who burgled some of the wealthiest
1:56.8	homes in Dallas. But he was an odd thief. Sometimes he just took one diamond earring, probably because he knew it would ruin the set.
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