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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Wicked Words - Michael Finkel: The Art Thief

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This episode isn’t about a typical true crime story. There’s no murder, but there doesn’t need to be to make it a wild story. This is about manipulation, tragedy…and obsession. Lots of obsession. Author Michael Finkel documented all of it in his book: The Art Thief. Buy my books: katewinklerdawson.com If you have suggestions for historical crimes that could use some attention, email me: [email protected] Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Facebook and Instagram) 2024 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:06.0

I'm CBS News correspondent Major Garrett, host of the podcast Agent of Betrayal, the Double Life of Robert Hanson.

0:13.2

During the Cold War, FBI agent Robert Hanson traded classified secrets to the Kremlin in exchange

0:18.9

for cash and jewels.

0:20.5

In the podcast, you'll hear from Hanson's closest friends, family members, victims, and

0:24.8

colleagues for the most comprehensive telling of who Robert Hanson really was.

0:28.8

Binge the entire series Now, Agent of Betrayal, The Double Life of Robert Hanson is available wherever you get your

0:35.2

podcasts.

0:37.2

This story contains adult content and language.

0:40.3

Listener discretion is advised. Those two really were in love with one another and that as we know can make you do crazy things. I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

1:08.0

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked,

1:12.3

and the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on

1:15.3

Exactly Right.

1:16.5

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show, and they are all excellent

1:21.3

writers.

1:22.3

They've had so many great true crime stories and now

1:24.8

we want to tell you those stories with details that have never been published.

1:29.0

Tenfold War Wicked presents, wicked words is about the choices that writers make good and bad.

1:35.6

It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

1:41.0

This episode isn't about a typical true crime story. There's no murder, but there

1:45.4

doesn't need to be to make it a wild story. This is about manipulation, tragedy, and

1:51.7

obsession. Lots of obsession.

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