The Great Diamond Hoax - Part 2
Ridiculous History
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🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s did more than just move hundreds of thousands of people across the continent -- it also convinced these people that they, too, could strike it rich. This optimism attracted con artists and scamsters like moths to the proverbial flame. Philip Arnold and John Slack were no different -- but when these two men started the diamond hoax, they had no idea just how far it would go. Tune in for part one of this special two-part episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood. |
| 0:09.2 | This is silenced, the radio murders. |
| 0:12.4 | You left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia used to do. |
| 0:17.2 | The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness. |
| 0:24.4 | And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Osvalotian. Listen to silenced, the radio murders. On the iHot Radio app, Apple podcasts, |
| 0:37.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Our 20s are often seen as this golden decade. Our time to |
| 0:43.9 | be carefree, make mistakes and figure out our lives. But what can psychology teach us about this time? |
| 0:50.8 | I'm Jermis Beg, the host of the psychology of your 20s. Each week we take a deep dive into a |
| 0:56.8 | unique aspect of our 20s. From career anxiety, mental health, heartbreak, money, and much more |
| 1:03.1 | to explore the science behind our experiences. The psychology of your 20s hosted by me, Jermis Beg. |
| 1:10.2 | Listen now on the iHot Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| 1:47.1 | podcasts. Radiculous History is a production of iHot Radio. |
| 1:57.5 | Welcome back to the show, Radiculous Historians. Thank you so much for tuning in. Now, |
| 2:21.3 | before we begin this episode, you should make sure that you've listened to the preceding episode, |
| 2:27.5 | part one of the great Diamond Hokes of 1872. Hi, I'm Ben. I'm Noel. And this is Super producer Casey |
| 2:34.9 | Pegger. That's him in sound effect form. There he is. There's his little thing left. That's right. |
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