True Crime is more than blood, guts, mayhem, and murder. Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton share outlandish tales of capers, heists, and cons that shine a light on the absurd and outrageous side of criminality. Always 99% murder-free and 100% ridiculous, this is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
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This is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast about absurd and outrageous capers, heists, and cons. Always 99% murder free and 100% ridiculous. Yay. Elizabeth. Darren. I was telling a friend a story the other day. And then Oh, were you? Yeah. I did a time. I'm a storyteller. You are. They referenced the the story I'm about to tell you. Uh-huh. And then I had to go and look it up because I'd never heard it before, and I wanted to make sure that they got all the details right before I told it to you. Okay. I was like, I don't wanna look like an idiot in front of Elizabeth. Never. That's never happened. Never once. But then, as I'm researching and I came across a bunch of other similar stories, I was like, well, since this one isn't too long, I'll just throw in a few others just for free I love it. Because I like you. Thank you so much. K. First step. I, consider this one an appetizer of crime. Mhmm. Alright? Okay. On May 11, 1965, the man in black, Johnny Cash, was at Mississippi State University playing a show. So he performs that night. Afterwards, you know, he he lives out there. He sings his songs, picks his guitar. You know, Johnny Cash's them all up. Then he goes outside to cool his head. Right? And it must have been, like, a nice spring night that, May night because, cash, he goes for a walk. At some point on his walk, he stopped. Now why did he stop, Elizabeth? He, his walking ceased. No. To literally, he stopped to smell the flowers. Oh. Literally stopped to smell the flowers. Like, that's what Johnny Cash does. Doing that. I know you do. I really do. I mean, like, especially you get jasmine in bloom. Oh, yeah. Just go huff it. It's so good. Where she could, like, save smells for later? Oh, like, capture it in a jar Yeah. And then huff the jar? Just be like, ah, that was nice. I needed that. Like, go in, like, a public restroom.
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Yeah. You know what's also ridiculous? No. 21 cubic feet of cash. That is ridiculous. Right? That's ridiculous, Elizabeth. 1 man, 1 man stole 21 cubic feet of cash. 21 cubic feet. Okay. And this brother got away with it Oh. For a very long time. This is his story. Dun dun. This is ridiculous crime, a podcast about absurd and outrageous capers, heists and cons. It's always 99% murder free and 100% ridiculous. Very. Oh, Elizabeth. Oh, Zarin. Philip Johnson. Yeah. Sure. Phil Johnson. My man Johnson. Mhmm. Philly j. Elizabeth, this story I'm about to lay on you is a Coen Brothers style story, but, like, the later movies, not the early goofy ones. Mhmm. Yeah. This is a it it's a crime story. Okay. This dude, Phil Johnson, Right? He was a meticulous man. He was a smart man. He was a cynical man, Elizabeth. He was an also an angry man, and he was a lonely man. And a hungry man. At the time of ours I'm very hungry. At the time of our story, Phil Johnson was 33 years old, which you know what that means. Was he in he was in his Jesus year. He was in his Jesus year. And my man Phil Johnson was a Major League screw up. Oh. Oh, yeah. And a former coworker, Larry Taylor, he said, and I quote, he'd show up for work late or not at all. Everything he did, he screwed up. One of his neighbors, said that Phil Johnson, quote, just couldn't get anywhere in life. He was always talking about his disappointments and his job didn't pay good. It was always negative things. So See, usually, they talk to a neighbor, and they're like, he was just the nicest fella. Totally. Or else, like, you know, they were really bizarre. Now his own sisters
My salon and say that it's, like, this huge discount that they can get. But all the potential client has to do is just put down, like, 40, 50, maybe $85 to like as a deposit to hold their spot because the hairdresser is in such high demand. And, like, in a lot of places, that's not unusual. Like, when I go to get my haircut, they hold the credit card. Oh, really? Yeah. And then if I don't show, I get charged. Yeah. Holding a credit card, not being charged, that's one thing. But this, like But but paying a little juice to get a spot. And a lot of these scams, they prey on people who are looking for braiders because it's so expensive. And and time consuming. Yeah. And it's that is a crazy labor intensive art. And also that person's only gonna be able to work so much on that Saturday. You know what I mean? Or whatever day you have. And it's hours and hours and hours. They want their scheduling tight. And because it's so expensive, if you find out you can get a discount. Mhmm. So, like, the phony braider will promise us great price for top notch work. They'll send pictures of their work, and it's always just mind blowing. So The Mark gets sent a link to a scheduling website and they book a time. And the site looks legit and the address is to a real salon on there, like, the physical address, and it's always a nice salon. Mhmm. So then the mark has to send the deposit to the stylist, like, through Venmo or whatever. Yeah. And then Which seems legit because that's so common now. Yeah. Exactly. And then they show up at the appointment, and the owner of the salon and Who are you? I've never heard of you. You're not on the books. Uh-huh. I've never even heard of this stylist. Yeah. The mark tries to contact the stylist. No dice. It's like it's a small scale scam, but it's getting more and more prevalent. This is why you always have to take things from word-of-mouth. If you don't know someone who knows this scam or this person who's offering you the legitimate offer, then Yeah. Exactly. Don't do it. And so but there are bigger scammers, of course. Of course. For example, Tina Roberts, AKA the Black Widow. Oh. Right? It's a scary name. She was a con artist. Some called her the devil in disguise. Oh. Now with a name and a description like that, what did she do? I'm thinking she, steel scalps.
