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30 Min Released May 16, 2017

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Oscar Hartzell, born to humble beginnings, would go on to craft one of the most elaborate and successful mail fraud cons of all time. Pirates, lost treasure, the Wild West — it's the Spanish Prisoner, with a very English twist.









The Grift

The Grift

The greatest con artists and the lives they ruin.

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