The Biggest Little Confidence Queen in Texas (and New York, Montana, and San Francisco): Bertha Heyman

Ridiculous Crime

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True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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A tale as old as crime. Phony wealthy widow seeks dupe to front her cash until her non-existent inheritance comes through. The queen of the hill, top of the heap when it came to these cons? Bertha Heyman aka Big Bertha. Derided by newspapers, besmitten by suitors, no one ran a con like Big Bertha.

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0:00.0	A new podcast from The Creators of Up and Vanished.
0:05.3	Louisville police are searching for a missing 24-year-old woman.
0:09.5	When I read about Alana Chen's disappearance, I couldn't look away.
0:14.0	A shy girl from Boulder, who wanted to be a nun since she was a teenager.
0:19.0	So Alana was like sneaking out to go to church.
0:22.0	But she kept a secret, one that was slowly tearing her apart.
0:26.0	I didn't know she was attracted to girls, no, she didn't tell me.
0:29.5	Yes, some other says her daughter first opened up to a priest at her church
0:33.0	when she was just 14 years old.
0:35.0	However, the church denies any conversions therapy was done.
0:38.0	She didn't tell me, she told me.
0:40.0	I have.
0:41.0	She confessed to him.
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0:48.0	and the systems that pay no price at all.
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