The Day a Dalí Escaped From Prison
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
For decades, the infamous Rikers Island prison was home to a surprising artifact -- a drawing by none other than the world-renowned surrealist artist Salvado Dalí. At least, that is, until 2003... when a band of guards conspired to heist the drawing. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the bizarre story of crime, corruption, and fine art gone astray.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:27.7 | Fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you, as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:32.3 | Let's hear it for the man, the myth legend, |
| 0:34.1 | our super producer, Max, the surreal Williams. |
| 0:38.0 | The triple M. |
| 0:40.1 | The triple M. |
| 0:41.2 | Hey, Max, Noel and I had a question for you based on our earlier conversation in our two-part series on potatoes. |
| 0:51.5 | So potatoes are one of the seven things you can eat with a condition. |
| 0:56.1 | What are the other six? |
| 0:58.8 | Frozen chicken. |
| 1:01.6 | Frozen exclusively? |
| 1:03.0 | Frozen? |
| 1:03.6 | Well, I have to defrost. |
| 1:05.1 | I can't have any meats that are aged. |
| 1:08.7 | So, Noel, when we were at that lovely steakhouse in the Bahamas, Marcus Samuelson's restaurant, Marcus, you got the aged one. I got the fresh one because I can't have anything aged. Oh, I got to have. They don't age. They don't age chicken, though. You can have fresh chicken, right? It doesn't have to be frozen. All right. Do the list. Okay, give us the list. Sorry. I have good questions. I got questions. |
| 1:30.7 | Yeah, yeah. And let's see. Glute gluten-free bread, rice, pain. I can have pain. |
| 1:38.8 | Pain? And sadness. Oh, I see. I see. Those last two don't count, I think. |
| 1:45.3 | And blueberries. |
| 1:47.5 | Okay, okay. |
| 1:48.9 | Human tears. |
| 1:49.8 | I suspect our producer is freestyleed a little bit, but we love it. |
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