You Just Got Bocked: The Con Artist Amy Bock

Ridiculous Crime

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True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Amy Bock conned the rich for shiggles and then gave it all away to random strangers. A fascinating character, she conned throughout her life, over and over. And her masterpiece? You won't bocking believe the audacity.

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0:00.0	In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles,
0:06.0	two women did something no other woman had done before, tried to assassinate the President of the United States.
0:12.0	One was the protégé of Charles Manson.
0:14.0	26 year old Lynette Fromm, nicknamed Squeaky.
0:17.0	The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI.
0:21.0	identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore in her 40s. FBI. Listen to Rip Current on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
0:37.2	Hi, it's Andrea Gunning, the host of Betrayal.
0:40.4	I'm excited to announce that the betrayal podcast is expanding.
0:44.0	We are going to be releasing episodes weekly every Thursday.
0:48.0	Each week you'll hear brand new stories,
0:51.0	firsthand accounts of shocking deception, broken trust, and the trail of destruction left behind.
0:58.1	Listen to betrayal weekly on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:04.0	Ever get the feeling someone's watching you?
1:10.0	Well, in 1971, a group of anti-war activists had that feeling.
1:16.2	I was in the heart of the dragon and it was my job to stop the fire.
1:19.7	So they decided to do something insane.
1:22.8	Break in to the FBI and expose J. Edgar Hoover's dirty secrets.
1:28.3	We had some idea that this was pretty explosive.
1:31.0	I'm Ed Helms.
1:32.0	Binge the full second season of snafu now on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
1:39.5	podcasts.
1:41.2	Back in 1969, four young musicians from Texas were hired to impersonate the British
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