Smuggler’s Baby Blues: The Fake Baron and 100,000 Glass Eyeballs

Ridiculous Crime

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History, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

For years, an erstwhile Baron smuggled glass eyes into Hoboken, until he was busted by customs. He later petitioned to officially change his name to reflect his status as the illegitimate son of a Viscount. When he told the romantic and rather dubious tale of his parentage in court? Not a dry eye in the house.

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