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EP. 104 — The Famed Forger with Eliot Glazer
What’s poppin Con – gregation! This week Eliot Glazer joins us to discuss Lee Israel, a well known writer who turned to forgery fighting to survive after her declining career as an author. Plus, a group of lawyers and doctors are busted in a massive trip-and-fall scheme. Stay Schemin’!
Research By Kaelyn Brandt
SOURCES
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94461486
https://nypost.com/2018/10/15/meet-the-author-who-considered-her-forgeries-to-be-her-best-work/
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/feds-31m-trip-fall-scam-homeless-people-pawns-79641656
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