The Great Escapes: Steven Jay Russell

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This guy. He pulled off great cons and even better prison escapes. He got tossed in solitary for life, but now walks free. Jim Carrey played him in a movie. I mean, this guy. You simply can't keep him down.

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0:00.0	For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement
0:05.6	seemingly powerless to intervene.
0:08.0	It uses terror to extort people.
0:11.8	But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end.
0:15.0	It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.
0:20.0	Listen to law and order criminal justice System on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.0	In California, during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles,
0:37.0	two women did something no other woman had done before, tried to assassinate the President of the United States.
0:43.0	One was the protege of Charles Manson.
0:46.0	26 year old Lynette Fromm, nicknamed Squakee.
0:48.0	The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI.
0:52.0	identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore in her 40s.
0:55.8	The story of one strange and violent summer,
0:58.3	this season on the new podcast, Rip Current.
1:01.3	Listen to Rip Current on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite
1:06.2	shows.
1:07.2	Hi, it's Andrea Gunning, the host of Betrayal.
1:12.0	I'm excited to announce that the Betrayal
1:13.9	podcast is expanding. We are going to be releasing episodes weekly every
1:18.6	Thursday. Each week you'll hear brand new stories, firsthand accounts of shocking deception, broken trust,
1:26.3	and the trail of destruction left behind.
1:29.8	Listen to betrayal weekly on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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