The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

For a brief period in 1942, the town of Pascagoula, Mississippi was terrorized by a strange criminal -- he would sneak into people's houses as they slept and cut off locks of their hair. In today's episode, Ben and Noel explore this bizarre series of events (which may remain unsolved in the modern day).

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0:00.0	Daniel Miller is a millennial con artist.
0:03.0	I'm a social media influencer.
0:05.0	Busted while recovering from Brazilian butt lift surgery.
0:08.0	She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt tissue out of joy when they were
0:12.0	paying nothing.
0:13.0	She's got hundreds of victims.
0:15.0	To me, that's not a con artist that just is a straight-up predator, and she just keeps
0:20.0	getting away with it.
0:21.0	This person is a danger.
0:22.0	Listen to Queen of the Con, season three on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever
0:28.0	your podcasts.
0:29.0	My father was a flock star.
0:32.0	It was like Biddlemania.
0:33.0	But not here in America.
0:35.0	Dean Reed criticized the American government from behind the Iron Curtain.
0:38.0	He had lots of enemies.
0:39.0	He wanted to come back home, and then the unthinkable happened.
0:45.0	Dean Reed died.
0:46.0	Come with me, Ramona Reed, to learn more about the extraordinary life and mysterious death
0:51.0	of revolutionary.
0:52.0	Listen to Red Elvis, a Curiosity Audio Network podcast on the I Heart Radio app, Apple
0:57.6	Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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