Sister Swindler

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For 30 years, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper served as the principal of St. James Elementary—a Catholic school in Torrance, California. She implemented a curriculum that emphasized piety and Christian values—and was loved by parents. But financially, the small school struggled. There never seemed to be enough money for updated textbooks, field trips, or even lunch tables. Sister Mary Margaret spent years raising funds to help the school. But, despite the raffles, festivals, and calls to donate, nothing seemed to be getting better, that is, until the truth came out about where the money was really going. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the early 2000s in the beach town of Torrance, California, and there's a small
0:13.5	Catholic school run by a very powerful figure.
0:17.2	Sister Mary Margaret, that is the big boss.
0:20.8	She was the principal the entire time that I was at St. James.
0:25.3	Sister Mary Margaret was a staple in the community.
0:27.9	She had been at St. James since the 80s, and as principal, she was the face of this elementary
0:32.8	school.
0:34.3	Everyone had a very positive experience with her.
0:37.6	Julia Garonskis was four when her parents enrolled her in the school, partly because of
0:42.2	how much they loved Sister Mary Margaret.
0:45.0	My parents have always had a really positive interaction with her, and most of the community
0:49.1	saw her in a really positive light in our church too.
0:52.5	Everyone loved her, our main mon senior, like the priest and everything.
0:57.1	I had never heard from an adult anything negative about her.
1:02.4	But the students at St. James had a very different opinion.
1:07.4	She just is like that kind of lady where she looks really nice, but then as soon as you
1:14.0	disagree with her, those cheeks get red and you're going to hear it, and it's not
1:17.6	going to be a good time.
1:19.8	Sister Mary Margaret was often taking away privileges and handing out punishments.
1:24.6	But once she was known for, it was called walk the line.
1:28.8	It's basically public humiliation, is what it is.
1:31.3	You get in trouble, walk in a square on the black top outside while everyone else plays,
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