Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Charles Ponzi

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

History, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It's the American Dream to reach these golden shores, work hard, make your fortune, and see your name go down in history. Charles Ponzi did all that, just not in the way the law intended. He perfected the pyramid scheme to such a degree, they just named the whole thing after him. Not the legacy you want in life.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Ridiculous crime is a production of I-Heart Radio.
0:07.8	Zeran.
0:08.2	Elizabeth.
0:09.0	Zeran.
0:10.4	How are you?
0:11.9	Look at me over here.
0:13.5	Welcome. Please to meet you.
0:14.1	Present and accounted for.
0:15.9	How are you doing?
0:17.3	I'm doing well.
0:19.6	Do you know what's ridiculous?
0:21.1	I do.
0:22.3	Cliff Young.
0:23.6	Uh-huh.
0:24.0	You know who this is?
0:25.1	No.
0:25.7	In 1983, he was 61 years old, and he competed in what was called the Westfield, Sydney
0:31.5	to Melbourne Ultramarathon.
0:34.0	Okay.
0:34.5	And this was a distance of 544 miles. What? 875 kilometers for those who count in
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