Re-Release: Santa Claus Con w/ Larry Owens
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What's poppin' con-gregation? This week, we have Larry Owens discussing John Duval Gluck, the conman who popularized writing letters to Santa Claus in the beginning of the 20th century. Plus, investors involved in the "Evolving Apes" NFT project learned that scams are very fungible. Stay Schemin'! Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dyem/investors-spent-millions-on-evolved-apes-nfts-then-they-got-scammed https://nypost.com/2015/09/20/meet-the-con-artist-who-popularized-writing-to-santa-claus/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-con-man-who-saved-christmas/ https://ny.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895926/the-strange-story-of-nycs-santa-claus-building-that-never-was
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