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Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

I think Forest wanted to become a legend, and I actually think he succeeded.

He was described as a modern day Indiana Jones.

Forest came up with the idea to hide a bronze chest, filled with gold, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

I bought this beautiful little treasure chest, and I started filling it up with wonderful things.

There's 265 gold coins, hundreds and hundreds of gold nuggets.

He wrote a 24-line poem, guiding people to the location of the treasure.

Yeah, that's exactly it. He created an effect that we had treasure map in the form of that poem.

I'm going to read the poem. So here it goes.

As I have gone alone in there and with my treasure's bold, I can keep my secret where

and hint of riches new and old. There'll be no paddle up your creek, just heavy loads and water high.

So hear me all and listen good. Your effort will be worth the cold.

If you've been brave and in the wood, I give you title to the gold.

And I read that poem and oh god, it was like a hook. No place for the meek.

The bug got in me and I couldn't let it go. Now try to climb up into that cave there.

I couldn't sleep. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard.

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