S5 Ep64: The Ivy Leaguer (Esther Reed)
Swindled
Swindled
4.6 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
An intelligent imposter steals the identity of a missing woman to con her way into Columbia University.
Prelude: James Arthur Hogue's compulsion leads to a life of crime.
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| 0:57.7 | This episode of Swindled may contain graphic descriptions or audio recordings of disturbing |
| 1:02.9 | events which may not be suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:10.5 | Behind the many symbols on this campus, there is an idea. It's the idea that Princeton stands for |
| 1:18.0 | an American education. The idea that a university is a place where men of learning believe in young |
| 1:24.7 | men of ambition and are given the opportunity to start them on their way. |
| 1:43.0 | James Arthur Hogue had always been light on his feet. Back in high school, in 1977, he ran the fastest |
| 1:50.2 | two-mile race in Kansas to become the state champion. That accomplishment landed him a spot on the |
| 1:55.3 | University of Wyoming's varsity track team as a freshman, but he dropped out a year later. |
| 2:00.5 | After recording disappointing finishes that consecutive meets, everyone was bigger, |
| 2:05.2 | stronger and faster than James all of a sudden. Sometimes you don't realize how slow everything |
| 2:10.1 | moves in Kansas until you leave. In 1980, James Hogue enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin, |
| 2:17.6 | but failed to make the cross-country team there. Instead of running track, James was running out |
| 2:22.1 | of money. His financial woes forced him to drop his classes to semester before graduating. He had |
| 2:27.6 | also been arrested for the first time while in Austin. James had stolen a bicycle frame and received |
| 2:32.8 | three years probation. In 1984, James Hogue left Texas without a degree and without any remaining |
| 2:40.6 | collegiate eligibility to compete athletically, unless he qualified for the Olympics in 88, |
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