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Ridiculous Crime

True Crime by A True Crimer: Mary Carole McDonnell, the Fake Aerospace Heiress

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

History, Comedy, True Crime

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

She made a name for herself in the world of True Crime TV. But it was not a good name. Mary Carole McDonnell was known to run a fly-by-night TV production company that paid poorly and paid late. But that was only a part of the story. She was also a faux nepo baby posing as an aerospace heiress. Which she leveraged into bank fraud to the tune of millions and millions. Further proof, in Hollywood, nothing is ever at it seems.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:23.4

Ridiculous Crime is a production of IHeart Radio. Elizabeth Dunn. Zaron Burnett. Oh, man. Nice to see you. Good to see you. I always look forward to seeing what shirt you were going to wear into the studio. Yeah. This is a good one. Thank you. Yeah. Is that Stevie Nix, right? It's Nikki Six. Nikki sex. Your shirt all about Nikki Six.

0:54.6

It's about Stevie Nix, right? It's your one. Nikki Six. Nikki Six. Your shirt all about Nikki Six. It's about Stevie Nix and Lindsay Buckingham and the 1997 performance of Silver Springs. Always good. So good. I'll watch it. There are two videos that come up. I'll watch them every time. That performance. But she staring a hole in his side of his head. Yeah, where she's just like, that's it. The white witch is on the move. The other one is Tom Holland doing umbrella in the lip sync show. I love that. I can't pass that up. I love that. I'm so happy for you. Thank you. That you found those two. I did. It feels good.

0:55.1

Or that they found you.

0:55.8

I don't know how you roll.

0:56.5

A little bit of both.

0:57.3

Yeah.

0:57.7

Yeah.

0:58.0

Well, I got a question for you.

0:59.0

Please.

0:59.4

Do you know what's ridiculous? I do. I do. Prove it. Some things are only available at Walmart. And that's a little ridiculous.

1:07.4

Because Walmart has displaced all the mom and pop shops around the world.

1:11.5

Yes, I can be critical of Walmart.

1:12.8

Are you done?

1:13.8

I don't think. Because Walmart has displaced all the mom and pop shops around the world.

1:11.5

Yes, I can be critical of Walmart.

1:12.8

Are you done?

1:13.8

I don't think.

1:15.3

However, I don't think that this is something that the mom and pops would worry about.

1:20.9

I'm going to read you a line.

1:23.1

For over 100 years, we've cared about flavor.

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