March 11, 2024
EP. 233 — Ponzi She Betta! w/ Seth Morris
What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, comedian Seth Morris joins the show to discuss, Adelheid Spitzeder, a womanizing actress who became known not for her talent on the stage, but for conducting history’s first recorded Ponzi scheme. Stay Schemin’!
This was recorded on January 9th 2024.
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Sources:
https://www.aier.org/article/adele-spitzeder-the-queen-of-confidence-tricksters/
“Foreign exchange rates 1804–1914” by Håkan Lobell
https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/forskning/monetar-statistik/volym1/6.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=4ySERiKHkb4C&pg=PA291#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/lead-toxicity-wine-history/
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