The Bad Taste Crime Podcast

Episode 173 - A Very Normal Time


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As we travel further into the new year, it provides new opportunities for the world's scammers. In this episode of the BTC, we look at two strange cases of scams going awry. A special thank you to this week's guest host, Eileen Walters!

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Research links below!

Ring the Damn Bell - "A Wrestling With Sin Mystery: The Carny Con Man Jerry Balisok"
Casetext - "State v. Balisok"
Mental Floss - "How Conman Jerry Balisok Pulled the Ultimate Disappearing Act"
68 Wn. App. 277, 843 P.2d 1086, STATE v. BALISOK
StevenWarran - "March 10, 1990, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 'Jonestown Victim' Turns Up Alive In the King County Jail, by Jack Hopkins"
Find A Grave - "Jerry Bibb Balisok"
Justia - "State v. Balisok"
The Seattle Times - "Murder Conviction Overturned By Court -- Court Of Appeals Rules Jury Action Prejuduced Trial"
The Seattle Times - "Man Feared Dead In Jonestown Ran Hoax, Police Say"

AARP Podcast - The Perfect Scam - Colorado Funeral Home Body Brokering Scheme Part 1 & 2 - Episodes 153-154 - May 11 & 18, 2023.
KKCO11 News - "Montrose funeral home mastermind and co-conspirator sentenced"
United States Attorney's Office: District of Colorado - "Sunset Mesa Funeral Home Operators Sentenced to Federal Prison For Illegal Body Part Scheme"
Courthouse News Service - "Colorado funeral home director to pay restitution for selling body parts"
The Daily Sentinel - "Body of complaints piled up: State knew of funeral home concerns long before FBI raid"
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