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White Collars, Red Hands

White Collars, Red Hands

Who knew rich people committed crime? Not the American justice system! Join Chicago based comedians Nina Kern and Kishan Batcheldor as they talk some of the most prolific crimes committed by the wealthy. Checkout our Merch!: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/white-collars-red-hands?ref_id=23248

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00:44:26

The Worst of The Worst

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/10/06

This week we are bringing a more laid back episode as we discuss three stories of some of the worst schemes we could rustle up. The people who committed these cons targeted the people who have gone or are going through some of the worst things you can imagine, milking human sentiment to feed their greed. Sound like fun?

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00:45:49

This is How You Get Ants- Yilishen Tianxi

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/09/29

This week we discuss a story that was supposed to be fun, but instead gets dark as we talk about a scam involving Chinese traditional medicine products made from ants. Wang Fengyou had one of the most popular companies in China that "employed" 1 million ant farmers, but was the ant life as good as he promised?

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00:42:35

Gameshow Grifters-Charles Ingram

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/09/22

On the Season 13 premiere we're not playing games as we discuss a 1 Million pound caper that almost took one of Her Majesty's favorite gameshows for a ride. Did Charles Ingram get to keep his ill-gotten gains, or did he lose them along with... his toes?! Find out on this week's episode!

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00:46:12

Hell's Belle- Belle Gunness

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/09/01

Alright everybody, another season finale, another murder so hold on to your butts. This season we recognize ourselves as an equal opportunity podcast as we tell the first female murderer story for a finale! Join us as we discuss the stout and comely black widow who killed multiple suitors and buried their bodies on her pig farm aver 100 years ago.

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00:47:46

Monky Business- Lobsang Dargey

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/08/25

This week we discuss the interesting story of a poor Tibetan Buddhist monk by the name Lobsang Dargey, that went against all of his teachings to seek a life of excess in the United States, only to con other immigrants like himself out of over $100 Million.

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00:49:22

Liar, Liar- George Santos

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/08/18

This week we discuss some of what has led up to the downfall of congressman George Santos, the untruths that got him to his seat in the House of Representatives, and the crimes that might very well land him in prison.

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00:22:14

Where in the World is Nina?- News Update

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/08/11

This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming because Nina always gets sick on weeks when she is supposed to be the one hosting, so Kishan is going solo like a bird from the nest for the first time. Will he fly or crash and burn as he gives you updates to stories that WCRH has covered throughout almost 3 years of podcasting

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00:41:35

Playing the Villain- Zach Horwitz

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/08/04

This week we discuss a hunky Midwesterner who dropped everything in life to move to LA and pursue a career in acting after college, even though he never talked about acting. Once there though Zach Horwitz used his newly developed acting "talents" not to land roles but land suckers in a Hollywood Ponzi Scheme that amassed over half a billion dollars. Learn how he played the villain on this week's episode

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00:45:31

The Queen of Mean-Leona Helmsley

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/07/29

Join us this week as we discuss a self-made hotel magnate in Leona Helmsley whose terrible reputation of being a mega Karen earned her the title of The Queen of Mean, and whose dealings on the books of her hotels landed her in prison, and wait until you found who inherited the most money in her will. Find out on this week's episode!

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00:56:01

Polygamy and Biofuel- Jacob Kingston

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/07/21

This week we delve into the extremely weird, and disturbing story of Jacob Kingston. A prominent member of a Mormon adjacent cult, that used his engineering doctorate to start a biofuel company, that ended up not making biofuel. Instead, he stole money through a series of schemes, that ramped up in a big way when he got in bed with the Armenian mafia.

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00:48:20

Sins of the Father- Joseph Kennedy

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/07/14

This week we sit down to talk about the literal father of the Kennedy curse, JFK's daddy Joseph who was the first one to lead the SEC, after some dubious dealings qualified him to be there in the first place. This week involves bank examiners, natural family planning and lobotomies so join us for a wild one!

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00:45:47

Silver Medal Ponzi Schemer- Allen Stanford

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/07/07

You've heard of Bernie Madoff, especially if you've listened to all of our episodes in which case we love you! You might not have heard of Allen Stanford however, operating at roughly the same time Allen Stanford takes second place in largest Ponzi scheme and longest sentence for white-collar crime in America. Learn all about the Texas swindler on this week's episode!

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00:47:17

Like Takin Money From a Baby- Thieving Parents

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/06/30

This week we take on the subject of famous children who had their earnings squandered and stolen by their parents. Through the 3.5 tales of entertainers who lost it all to those who raised them we find out that blood is not always thicker than water.

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00:48:48

Paradise Lost- Annexation of Hawaii

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/06/23

We're back with our twelfth season, we finally have a whole dozen! This season we kick things off by turning the clock back to the 1800s with the rise of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a sovereign nation that through unfortunate events became subject to a coup by wealthy foreigners on the islands, including an enduring symbol of nobility the first and last queen of Hawaii Queen Lili'uokalani.

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00:56:45

The Kobe Cannibal- Issei Sagawa

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/06/02

It's the season 11 finale and woof do we have a rough one. For this season finale, we dive back into the realm of murder committed by the wealthy but this one is especially heinous as we detail the story of Issei Sagawa the Japanese-born tiny little man who became obsessed with the idea of eating a tall blonde woman, so much so that he finally followed through with it, and then never spent a day behind bars. This episode is rife with stomach-churning things so listen at your own discretion!

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00:37:26

Return to Real Housewives- Jen Shah

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/05/26

It's another one of Nina's favorite episodes packed with trashy people doing trashy financial crimes. We return for the third time to a Real Housewives series, this one set in Salt Lake City. This time though she isn't even a housewife, Jen Shah was the breadwinner. Follow along with us for a story of waterboarding, a telemarketing empire, and fraud of all kinds! It definitely wasn't Shah-mazing for Jen Shah, but this episode might do something for you.

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00:53:17

Gut Feeling- uBiome

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/05/19

This week we delve back into a topic that has had success with us before, Silicon Valley biotech startups that are complete scams. This time it isn't Theranos, it is what was dubbed the 23 and Me of poop. uBiome was a gut microbiome fingerprinting company that went from being able to be ordered by consumers, to being a clinical diagnostic, to being a complete scam in the few years that it operated. Now it's founders are wanted fugitives and I have to sequence my own gut microbiome at my

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00:48:54

Can't Rankle the Frankel- Martin Frankel

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/05/12

Join us this week for the tale of an absolute idiot that stole millions in sham companies, who was a broker that was so terrified of actually executing trades that he had to tell someone else to do it, and also had so many $ex $laves at his house that neighbors called it a harem when they could see over his ridiculously tall fence. Oh also I forgot to mention, he did all of his trades by consulting astrology, how Taurus of him.

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00:42:41

The Vati-Con Prince- Raffaelo Follieri

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/05/05

It was the early 2000s and Raffaelo Follieri had everything, money, a close connection to God, and an A- list actress girlfriend. He would tell you he was the Chief Financial Officer of the Vatican, but was all of it a lie to help steal money to fund his extravagant lifestyle? Find out on this week's episode!

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00:34:36

Fundraising Fraudsters- GoFundMe Scams

White Collars, Red Hands ·

2023/04/28

We have a short sweet and relaxed episode this week as we discuss a few of the ways that the crowdfunding app GoFund Me has been used to separate individuals from their cold hard cash. Expect more asides than usual this week as we were constantly distracted with some police sirens outside the building that we record in, *mostly* cut out for your listening pleasure.

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