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Welcome to True Crime Brewery.

I'm Jill.. I'm Jill.

And I'm Dick.

This episode was suggested to us by Jean, who's a longtime listener.

In fact, Jean was so enthusiastic about this case that she volunteered to write the script,

and we certainly took her up on that.

Jean was a federal prosecutor in the San Francisco Bay Area for 27 years, focusing primarily on white-collar crimes

before she retired in 2018.

Jean looks forward to the U.S. Department of Justice becoming a nonpartisan institution once again

and cherishes the career attorneys who stuck it out.

So thank you for all your research and hard work, Gene.

This is a fascinating case you brought to our attention and

we're excited to share it with our listeners at the quiet end.

Sure, that said, please join us at the quiet end for the cards he was dealt, the story of the life and death of Barry Crane.

Barry was born Barry Cohen, November 10th, 1927.

He was a dynamic force from a relatively young age.

He entered television during its fledgling years

and shaped what our grandparents and parents

and perhaps even some of us watched religiously from the mid

1950s through the mid 1980s. An accomplishment in itself Barry was one of the best

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