The Adventures of Robber Lewis: Counterfeiter/Robber/Jailbreaker

Criminalia

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Though dealing in counterfeit currency may have been David 'Davy' Lewis' first criminal efforts, he eventually added highway robbery as a lucrative gig – and that's when he gained the nickname, Robber Lewis -- and as a highwayman, he also came to be known as the “Robin Hood of Pennsylvania". Was he? Well, that may be a stretch – maybe a big stretch -- but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a good story, right?

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0:15.5	And this ranks right up there in the pantheon of Rhode Island fraudsters.
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0:23.5	And I maximized that while I was lying.
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