The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Regular contributor Bill Bryk shares his unusual and unforgettable story.
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| 1:05.4 | comes to you from Bill Breke, a friend from New Hampshire. It's a story of the best, worst counterfeiter in American history. |
| 1:17.6 | Emerich Jutner, also known as Edward Mueller, |
| 1:22.0 | who lived near Broadway and West 96th Street in Manhattan, |
| 1:26.8 | eluded the counterfeiting laws from 1938 to |
| 1:30.3 | 1948, longer than any other maker of the queer in American history. |
| 1:37.3 | The first 63 years of Judner's life were upright and respectable. |
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