EP. 107 — The Flying Teenage Fraud with Tracy Clayton & Josh Gwynn

What’s poppin’ con-gregtion? This week, Tracy Clayton & Josh Gwynn, hosts of the podcast Back Issue, discuss a teenager who led authorities on a wild goose chase across the nation by stealing planes all the while not wearing shoes. Plus, a 62 year old artist turns being catfished into a friendship. Stay Schemin’!

Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-life-and-escapades-of-colton-harris-moore/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/what-happened-to-barefoot-bandit-colton-harris-moore

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/colton-harris-moore-asks-judge-to-shorten-supervised-release/

https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/waw/press/2010/nov/pdfs/10-CR-00336-INDI_31856.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20150509001325/http://www.katu.com/news/local/63636867.html

Fly Colt Fly, a documentary by Adam Gray & Andrew Gray

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37632259

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