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Ridiculous Crime

The Zambian Plot

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

History, Comedy, True Crime

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Let's say you're a German industrialist who needs to drive up the price of copper on the commodities market, would you hire a midcentury adventurer/boat captain and a pair of Miami skin divers to help you blow up a bridge in Zambia? If so, then you are the perps in this truly wild Cold War tale of international intrigue. 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human. Ridiculous crime is a production of IHeart Radio. D-D-D-D-D-A Elizabeth. Zary Brunette. We meet again. So good to see you. So good to see you. What brings you to headquarters today? You know, I just want to hang out here a story. That's great. You know what's ridiculous? I do. No, you don't.

0:22.6

Listen, listen here, Bub.

0:24.4

A couple of things, Uh, you know, I just want to hang out here, a story. That's great. You know what's ridiculous?

0:21.0

I do.

0:22.1

No, you don't. Listen, listen here, Bub. Uh, a couple of things you need to know about me. Yeah, I got a pen, paper. Go on, tell me. One, I like tuled leather. What? Two, I like tacos. Three, I like gardening. I'm so afraid these things are going to be matched together.

0:38.6

One of those is just a fun fact, but the other two... those three I like gardening I'm so afraid these things are going to be matched together one of

0:38.9

those is just a fun fact but the other two yes are what I'm going to talk to you about today and

0:44.9

let me let me also just say that I found out about this before all of the rude dudes started sending

0:51.3

messages look at you this came into my Instagram feed, and it was like chill, ran down my spine. Yeah. And my pupils dilated, and I was like, oh, God. Because one, it's awesome, too. I knew I was about to be inundated, and everyone's going to forward me, forward me, forward. And that's what happened. Did they? Because I can always depend on the rude dudes. The rude dudes are good like that. They deliver. They all seem to hate me. I had maybe like a 24-hour lead on it. Oh, look at you. Yeah. Wow, girl in the know. Algorithm. Algorithm. So anyway, there's this. Go lifestyle. Instagram's like,

1:27.9

we're going to hit you up early, girl.

1:29.3

You know, exactly.

1:47.3

You got to, you got to be in it to win it. So there's this dude, Guillermo Quivas, of Dunright Leather Works. Sure. He's a master craftsman. I believe. He's built one-of-a-kind pieces one-of-one for people like Kendrick Lamar.

2:02.0

I like you. He's built one-of-a-kind pieces, one-of-one for people like Kendrick Lamar. I like him. Yeah, me too. And Glenn Powell, is he one of those Top Gun guys? Yes, he was in the new Top Gun, the Maverick one. I ask you this all the time. I know. I'll see some white guy with like dirty brown, dirty blonde hair, like, top gun. I was like, is that the top gun guy? And you're like, yes, every time. And I don't know. He's also in the running man, the new running man. He does the running man. He is the running man. It's not Tom Cruise, surprisingly. He's known for his running. Pumping his little arms and running his little legs. Anyway. Yeah. So this done right leather works.

2:19.8

They, they got to Surprisingly. Really? Who's known for his running? Pumping his little arms and running his little legs. Anyway.

2:17.8

Yeah.

2:18.2

So this done right leather works, they got together with two companies, Venmo.

2:25.3

Okay.

2:25.8

And that's not the cool part.

2:27.3

Oh, really?

2:28.0

You got to tell me that, sister.

2:29.9

The cool part.

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