Joseph Weil Pt. 1: “Financial Fraud”
Better known as “The Yellow Kid,” Joseph Weil was a Chicago con artist in the 1890s who swindled people for over half a century. Starting with small cons and escalating to large-scale deceptions, Weil masterminded schemes so creative that one of them inspired the plot of a Hollywood film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
