This week, Danny covers Cassie Chadwick—also known as Betty Bigley, Madam Marie Rosa, and Madame Lydia Devere—a scammer with an unbelievable track record of defrauding banks and millionaires. He dives into her many crimes and identities, the immense sums she swindled, and her ultimate downfall.

RESOURCES:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-high-priestess-of-fraudulent-finance-45/

Crime in Cleveland Cassie Chadwick: The Con Artist of Millionaires’ Row

CLEVELAND: THE BEST KEPT SECRET by George E. Condon

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