Crooked City: Dixon, IL
Crooked City: Dixon, IL is a true crime podcast telling the story of Rita Crundwell, the Dixon, Illinois city treasurer who secretly financed a champion quarter horse empire with millions of dollars embezzled from her small town. For twenty years, she lived a double life as a world-class horse breeder while stealing public funds, until an FBI raid in 2012 exposed her as one of America's most prolific municipal embezzlers. The show is part of The Binge, a collection of gripping true crime stories that drop all episodes at once. It is produced by Sony Music Entertainment and truth.media.
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Dixon, IL | 8. Home Sweet Home
Years after Rita’s arrest, the people of Dixon gather in the town’s historic movie theater to watch a documentary about Rita’s crime. Then they hear that Rita may be coming home early.
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Dixon, IL | 7. A Close Personal Relationship
Dixon wants its money back… so they sue the accounting firm that did the city’s annual audits. Mayor Burke decides not to run for a fifth term.
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Dixon, IL | 6. A Good Horse is Hard to Find
On her ranch in Dixon, US Marshals auction off hundreds of Rita’s horses. Leonard and Leigh Berryhill want to buy Good I Will Be.
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Dixon, IL | 5. My Kingdom for a Horse
Rita Crundwell’s 30-year crime spree comes to an end and Dixon finds out just how much she stole. As the city blames its beloved mayor, Jim Burke struggles to pick up the pieces.
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Dixon, IL | 4. A Bad Dream
The Dixon City Clerk stumbles across a secret bank account. Mayor Jim Burke calls the Feds.
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Dixon, IL | 3. Good I Will Be
Welcome to Horse World, where Rita Crundwell reigns as queen. She hires Leonard and Leigh Berryhill to train her prized stallion, Good I Will Be.
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Dixon, IL | 2. Her Horses Were Her Life
Who is Rita Crundwell? Alexa journeys to Dixon to find out.
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Dixon, IL | 1. Honesty, Integrity, and Hard Work
It’s 1950 and the neighborly people of Dixon gather in their historic theater to watch a movie starring their hometown hero: Ronald Reagan. But this podcast is not about Ronald Reagan… It’s about the largest municipal fraud in US history.
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Introducing Season 3 of Crooked City: Dixon, IL
This is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen. She owned hundreds of champion quarter horses on her ranch outside the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And she was also Dixon’s treasurer/comptroller. Yet no one ever thought to ask how she could afford all of those horses on the salary of a civil servant… until the FBI raided City Hall in 2012 and Rita was arrested. For twenty
The Emerald Triangle | 10. The End of the Road
Sam investigates a mysterious theory called the green light, before infiltrating Jeff’s pot farm and searching for meaning on top of the mountain.
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The Emerald Triangle | 9. WTF Happened on that Mountain
Sam goes through the evidence with Detective Matt Croskey and separates the truth from the lies. But there’s one question even Croskey can’t solve.
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The Emerald Triangle | 8. Broken Lies and a Missing Crystal
Two of the men who went to jail for Jeff’s death, Jesse Wells and Gary “Cricket” Blank, tell their side of the story. And it’s not looking good for Zach.
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The Emerald Triangle | 7. Hill Crazy
Two of Jeff’s former workers describe the conditions on his pot farm, painting a dire portrait of acid, paranoia, and mayhem.
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The Emerald Triangle | 6. A Regular Kid from Pleasantville
Sam pays a visit to the Settler family in Texas, and investigates the background of Michael Kane, one of the key suspects.
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The Emerald Triangle | 5. Bad LSD
Fueled by anger, alcohol, and acid, the trimmers hatch their plot. Zach takes the cops to the scene of the crime and reveals who killed Jeff Settler.
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The Emerald Triangle | 4. Good ‘Ol Fashioned Public Records
Sam discovers a cache of original law enforcement tapes that promise to blow the case wide open. But when all the suspects point the finger at each other, it becomes unclear who to trust.
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The Emerald Triangle | 3. Welcome to Weed World
Sam begins his investigation in the small California town where the murder happened. He falls in with an old friend of the victim, who takes him on a wild drug-fueled ride through outlaw country.
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The Emerald Triangle | 2. Outlaws
Reporter Sam Anderson moves back in with his parents in the suburbs of New Jersey to discover that a kid he grew up with is accused of a horrific murder. But all his friends say he’s innocent. Sam sets out to find the truth.
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The Emerald Triangle | 1. The Death of Jesus Jeff
Deep in the forests of northern California, a man is found brutally murdered. Investigators set out to discover what happened.
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15. Beam Me Up
Jim Traficant faces expulsion in the House of Representatives. Will he stand firm, like a junkyard bulldog in the face of a hurricane?
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14. The Farm
After the fall of the mob in Youngstown, the feds gather information to go after corrupt officials. Will they go after Congressman Traficant?
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13. The End of Omertà
A late-night tipster leads to the biggest mob dragnet in Youngstown history. Who will talk, and who will live by the code?
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12. No Place for an Honest Man
A newly-elected county prosecutor threatens the mob’s way of life. Now, his life is in danger.
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11. Ivan the Terrible
Congressman Jim Traficant takes on a wayward cause: the fight to free a man convicted of being a notorious Nazi war criminal.
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10. The One Way Street
Lenny Strollo runs the rackets in Youngstown, but not everyone wants to get in line.
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9. Pull the Trigger and You're In
Frankie Susany vows revenge on the man who almost killed him, Mark Batcho. But enemies soon become friends as Susany introduces Batcho to the mob.
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8. Pigs, Hogs, and a Beef
When mob boss Jimmy Prato dies, a longstanding feud between his right hand, Joey Naples, and his nephew, Lenny Strollo, boils over. Only one can be the new boss.
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7. America First
Sheriff Jim Traficant is a local hero after he defeats the federal government in court. Now he plans to take the fight to Washington...as a U.S. Congressman.
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6. The Younger Guys
Frank Susany is an up-and-coming thief, making his bones with mob boss Joey Naples…until he crosses paths with violent drug addict Mark Batcho.
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5. David and Goliath
Sheriff Jim Traficant defends himself in and out of court against the federal government. Will Youngstown set him free?
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4. The Pied Piper
FBI agent Bob Kroner tangles with Jim Traficant in a game of cat-and-mouse…and a battle for the hearts and minds of Youngstown.
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3. Jim Traficant for Sheriff
After Youngstown suffers the shocking loss of the steel industry, local football hero Jim Traficant runs for sheriff, promising to clean up the city amidst a brutal mob war.
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2. The United California Bank Heist
The Cleveland mob has a tip for Youngstown bank burglar Amil Dinsio: there’s a vault in California, full of President Richard Nixon’s dirty money.
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1. Welcome to Youngstown
In 2014, congressman Jim Traficant dies, and the city that loved him mourns. Why so much love for such a flawed man?
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Introducing... Crooked City: Youngstown, OH
From Marc Smerling, the creator of Crimetown and The Jinx, welcome to CROOKED CITY. The Saturday Evening Post dubbed Youngstown, Ohio “Crimetown U.S.A.” It was a mob town. Illegal gambling was so lucrative that a mob war raged for decades, and bodies piled up. Then, Jim Traficant ran for sheriff, riding into office as the city’s steel industry fell on hard times. Traficant battles the local news
Introducing Season Two of Crooked City: The Emerald Triangle
Journalist Sam Anderson learns that one of his high school classmates has been accused of murder in California, and travels west to find out what happened. Sam becomes immersed in the Emerald Triangle, the legendary home of pot growers, hippies, and outlaws. He discovers that his classmate became drawn into the orbit of a cultish and charismatic pot grower obsessed with psychedelic drugs. Desperat
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