True Crime Time For September 4, 2025 | Cold Cases, Dirty Cops & Dumb Criminals

Summary

Podcast Summary: Real Life Real Crime – "True Crime Time For September 4, 2025 | Cold Cases, Dirty Cops & Dumb Criminals" Hosted by Woody Overton & Cyndi Overton | September 4, 2025

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Overview

In this week’s episode of "True Crime Time For," Woody and Cyndi Overton deliver a fast-moving, candid discussion of recent crimes, publicized cases, criminal mishaps, and notorious cold cases. The couple’s easy banter and Woody’s law enforcement expertise provide both levity and gravitas to stories ranging from "dumb criminal" antics to disturbing cases of public corruption and abuse. Listeners are treated to Woody’s behind-the-scenes stories, breaking case news, and a blend of humor and hard truths about the American justice system and its flaws.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

I. Justice for Cold Cases & Ongoing Investigations

• Advocacy & Updates

  • Woody reminds fans that, despite public perception, work on cases like #JusticeForBradley and #JusticeForAO is ongoing, and he won’t be intimidated or swayed from his efforts. (01:00–02:30)
  • The justice process can be slow, but active investigation is happening, sometimes involving late-night calls and preparations for "boots on the ground." (02:49–03:25)
  • Quote: “Sooner than later, boots will be on the ground, and that’s when we kick it into the whole next gear.” – Woody Overton (03:15)

• Football Interlude (lighthearted intermission regarding NFL season as backdrop to episode drops) (02:28–03:00)

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II. Worldwide Crime Segment: Minor Infractions and Major Consequences

1. London Fare Dodger – A Law Student’s Bad Choice

• Cyndi recounts the case of a UK university law student caught fare-jumping at Clapham Junction – a split-second poor decision, followed by a desperate attempt to cover it up.
  • The student tried to buy a ticket on his phone in front of the inspector but was caught due to the purchase timestamp. (05:58–06:21)
  • The student, fearing professional ruin, pleaded, “I study law, and I fear that even the hint of wrongdoing could derail my future... I don’t want to get a criminal record, my life is finished.” – (08:09)
  • Woody’s commentary: Remorse only comes after being caught. "When getting the juice out of bad guys... she’s just crying because you got caught.” (08:56–09:06)

2. "Dumb Criminals": The ID’d Bank Robber in Texas

• A tale of criminal ineptitude as a convicted robber in Texas is foiled by a bank teller who manages to get his full identification before completing the robbery.
  • The robber, Nathan Wayne Pugh, hands over his ID and debit card during the heist, making for an easy arrest. (13:15–13:26)
  • Pugh tries to take a hostage on his way out, but police intervene and subdue him. He is now serving a long sentence for multiple robberies. (14:00–15:00)
  • Quote: “He eventually got caught and was sentenced to 102 months behind bars, running concurrently with two 25-year sentences for previous robberies he had done.” – Woody Overton (13:49)
  • Cyndi: “Why is he even out?” (13:52)

3. Celebrity Mistaken for a Robber – Ryan Coogler Story

• Brief mention of director Ryan Coogler’s experience of being mistaken for a robber while discreetly withdrawing a large sum at the bank. (17:46–18:37)

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III. Cold Case Spotlight: Minnesota Car Pulled from River

• Cyndi describes a genuine cold-case breakthrough: Two fishermen in Minnesota discover a sunken ’63 Buick Electra in the Mississippi, leading to the closure of a 57-year-old disappearance.
  • Victim: Roy George Ben, missing since 1967, last seen with cash after leaving a supper club.
  • The car is pulled from 20 feet underwater with human remains inside; identification is underway. (20:09–23:22)
  • Woody highlights the rarity and importance of such discoveries. (23:18–23:59)
  • Quote: “That’s why I never give up hope… unless they did a Breaking Bad in the bathtub.” – Woody Overton (23:58)

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IV. Dark Hero Exposed: The Unraveling of Sheriff Buford Pusser

• Woody shares his personal connection to Chief Russell and fascination with Buford Pusser, subject of "Walking Tall." Recent re-investigation casts Pusser not as hero, but as suspect in his wife’s 1967 murder.
  • TBI’s new findings contradict Pusser’s story; evidence suggests he killed his wife and staged the scene. (27:26–29:09)
  • Quote: “If he were alive today, [we’d] present an indictment... against Buford Pusser for the murder of his wife Pauline.” – District Attorney, reported by Woody (27:46–27:55)
  • Woody’s reflection: “If you’re a dirty cop, you’re a dirty cop. I hate dirty cops.” (30:03)
  • Discussion of how fame can delay accountability and the hope for similar resources on lesser-known cold cases. (30:03–32:14)

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V. International Crime: Heinous & Bizarre Cases

1. Longtime UK Child Predator Finally Jailed

• Case of Lester Sharp, medical receptionist and repeat offender, finally sentenced after avoiding prosecution for decades.
  • Early investigation in 2003 found material on his work computer but resulted in no charges; only after 2022 did renewed evidence lead to an eight-year sentence. (33:11–36:26)
  • Cyndi’s outrage: “That’s not enough. He’s gotten away with it for 20-something years and he’s not even going to do 20 years.” (36:27)
  • Woody: “Better than nothing. Better than out there raping babies, right?” (36:49)

2. Airline Mayhem in London

• Chaos on a Saudi flight to Heathrow as a passenger punches a crew member and tries to open the cabin door while taxiing.
  • Large emergency response; man arrested for "danger in an aircraft." (39:48–41:54)
  • Woody: “How do you think that’s going to end well for you?” (41:48)
  • Brief cultural note on stricter laws in Saudi Arabia vs. UK. (37:53–39:54)

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VI. Comical Crimes: Walmart Millionaires & Art World Absurdities

• Counterfeit Million-Dollar Bill at Walmart (43:11–45:40)

  • Atlanta woman brings three $1M counterfeit bills to pay for $1,675 in gift cards; claims authenticity, asks for change.
  • Woody: “There's never been a $1 million bill printed in US history. What do you think is the highest bill ever printed?” (45:54)

• Bonus: Banana Art Sells for Millions

  • Woody and Cyndi riff on the famous case of a banana duct-taped to the wall selling for $6.2 million. (49:19–51:00)
  • Woody: “Selfie seeking crowds became so thick, Comedian was withdrawn from view… the bananas rot.” (50:55)
  • Cyndi: “So anyway, is it a fresh banana? Do they have to keep reductaping it?” (50:14)
  • Ends with playful ideas about their own possible "art" projects and nod to the connection of money/counterfeit crimes to unresolved cases. (51:12–52:03)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Justice:
  “Sooner than later, boots will be on the ground, and that’s when we kick it into the whole next gear.” – Woody (03:15)

• On Criminal Remorse:
  “She’s just crying because you got caught. You’re not sorry about anything.” – Woody (08:56–09:06)

• On Law Enforcement Corruption:
  “If you’re a dirty cop, you’re a dirty cop. I’ve always said I hate dirty cops and bleed blue, but I hate dirty cops.” – Woody (30:03)

• On Absurdity of Crimes:
  “Three $1 million bills? You actually asked for change?” – Woody, on the Walmart case (45:15)

• On Never Giving Up on Cold Cases:
  “That’s why I never give up hope… unless they did a Breaking Bad in the bathtub.” – Woody (23:58)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:00 – Justice for Bradley & AO / Casework updates
• 05:40 – London law student fare dodger
• 09:44 – Texas bank robbery foiled by teller’s request for ID
• 17:46 – Ryan Coogler bank misunderstanding
• 20:09 – Minnesota cold case breakthrough: car found in river
• 27:29 – Sheriff Buford Pusser and the reopened 1967 murder case
• 33:11 – UK child abuse case: Net finally closes
• 39:48 – Saudi airline passenger chaos at Heathrow
• 43:11 – Walmart counterfeit million-dollar bills
• 49:19 – Banana duct-taped to wall sells for millions

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Tone & Dynamic

The episode blends Woody’s matter-of-fact, occasionally blunt lawman perspective with Cyndi’s empathetic, sharp-witted approach. Humor—sometimes dark, often self-aware—undercuts the heaviness of the subject matter, while their personal anecdotes and bits of banter create a sense of camaraderie with "lifers" and new listeners alike.

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Closing Remarks

Woody and Cyndi close by reaffirming their commitment to cold case advocacy and justice, hinting at new developments on the horizon, and poking fun at the week’s surreal criminal news stories. The episode is a quintessential blend of investigative experience and off-the-cuff humor—a must-listen for true crime fans who appreciate grit, humanity, and a dash of absurdity.

Transcript

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Foreign hello everybody. Welcome to subset of true crime. Time for Thursday, September 4, 2025 and I'm Woody Overton.

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I'm Cindy Overton.

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We're are doing it Bringing it to you. Bringing it to you. Bringing it to you be doing you should have got a TikTok yesterday about justice for Bradley and hashtag justice for ao. You think we sleeping on the job.

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They do.

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No idea this comments has.

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I mean why would people like you ought just go silent. They know. Hopefully they know you're not being swayed in any direction.

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Yeah right. Yeah. Sway me. They wish they really really wish that would happen or they were wishing to happen. They they're like oh maybe got him this time. Maybe he went away.

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Someone happened to our he didn't drop anything last night.

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So did they.

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Yeah.

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Oh nice. There we go again. The that's part of doing justice.

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No, that's what I'm thinking. Maybe they think now we're going to shut them up.

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Oh no, no no no. The sile and I'll explain everything on the episode. Which patron of convicts will be getting today if you didn't get it 1201am you're going to get it definitely on Thursday. All lifers will get it on Saturday. Okay. Patreon comics courses commercial free early release as always. And everyone else it'd be on Saturday.

[A]

Yeah, it's football season. You can't like drop the good episodes around football. You got college ball NFL started yet?

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It's NFL starts tomorrow night. Okay. Then they have another NFL Friday night Then they have college games tomorrow and Friday college games all day Saturday and our Sunday of NFL and first Monday night football coming up.

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Yeah.

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Next week. So anyway the in all seriousness the can't even call it the wheels of justice turning slow because I had to fire some shots and things were going on. Look but 12:30 last night. Phone calls.

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Yeah.

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All day. All day Text messages all day every day. Everything is being looked upon and sooner than later boots will be on the ground and that's when we kick it into the whole next year. Right?

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Yeah.

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So anyway, let's get down some truth. True crime time for this Thursday. Dallas versus the Eagles tonight the spread went from seven and a half to eight. Dallas is getting plus eight. I know that you could care less.

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Support you in all of your endeavors.

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This is tree you always have crazy or not.

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None have ever been crazy.

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Yeah, none of them have ever not been crazy.

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Well, that's true. Maybe I'm crazy.

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Not gonna touch that one.

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Well, I'd have to be crazy to stay with you.

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This true that.

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Anyway, I'm looking for this one particular case, but I'll just start here. We're gonna go immediately across the pond.

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Gee Louise, I had so many yesterday I could have stayed across the pond. Let's go to. It's time for worldwide crime.

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This is relatively a short and not sweet. Well, this is relatively a light story. And it's really, I guess a story of how making one bad decision can like change your whole life type of thing. So a few days ago at Clapham Junction station in South London, there was a university law student who found himself in one of those moments that I was saying, you know, a split second decision can change your life. And so he waited on the footbread footbridge and as he waited, a revenue protection officer, I guess that's what they called the people that come and collect your tickets and stuff like that from south. The revenue protection officer was from Southwestern railway and he approached him and the young man, the law student didn't have a valid rail ticket. So he was just trying to get on.

[B]

He was fair jumping.

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Yeah.

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So I mean, come on, man. Fuck. This is like a couple dollars.

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Exactly. But for some, a couple, I mean a couple cents is a lot, right? But he's a law student.

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I understand that, but you don't need to fucking ride.

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Exactly.

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It's still breaking the law.

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Exactly. So in a quick thinking move, the student thought that he was going to like make it all all right. And so he bought an E ticket from his phone. But when the officer started questioning the timing because the officer noticed, hey, I'm standing here 22am or p.m. and you just bought this at 3:21?

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You know, let me tell you something, I gotta interrupt.

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Okay.

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The so licensing for hunting and all that changes every year. And now they changed to where you buy once a year and whatever date you buy it on, it used to go from like January 1st, January 1st, regardless, whenever you bought it in the year. And last year I bought it like the Morning like an hour before I went in the Duff field. Now mine is up this weekend, and this the first weekend of Duff season.

[A]

Yeah.

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But I technically don't even have to buy it. Oh, actually, you can't even buy it until that. That year is up. So technically I'm gonna get one more dove hunt out of them on last year's ticket. But don't think the game wards ain't coming, because they coming.

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Yeah.

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And they gonna check your. And they're gonna be like, oh, you no motherfuckers. Y' all change the law.

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But they're going to be paying attention to it.

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Oh, yeah, they. They. They check your. They check it hard. Yeah, they love to write them tickets.

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Yeah.

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They got to pay for. Yeah, that's the same way like the. The subway people or whatever it's called. I mean, that all that shit's not free.

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No. Yeah. So the guy questioned the timing, and he pointed out that the ticket was stamped just a minute earlier, which obviously was not long enough for the train to travel from where came from to where he was at that point.

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Right.

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So he tried to. The student tried to explain away the situation, claiming that his phone was a bit slow, causing a delayed purchase. But the officer wasn't convinced and suggested that he should have bought the ticket before boarding the train. So the student was obviously nervous, and he began to panic, and he asked if there was any way to handle the situation, revealing why he was so distressed. He said, I study law, and I fear that even the hint of wrongdoing could derail my future. And so he also pleaded, I don't want to get a criminal record. My life is finished. And like, whatever, dude.

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He's probably hoping the cop be like, slap me a 50 bucks and I'll let you go.

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But when people get caught and they all of a sudden have this remorse, I have no patience for that. You need to have remorse. Prior to, like, he was only sorry and he was only scared because he got caught.

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Exactly.

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Had he done it before?

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How many times have I said that? The. When getting the juice out of bad guys and they're like, crying and. And like a. She's just crying because you got caught.

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Yeah.

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You're not. You're not sorry about anything.

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No. You know, and then you go back to the same behavior.

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Vehicles pulling out. That the. Having dogs in the country is the best alarm system. Well, not really, because it was a herd of hogs crossed upon. But at night time, we have this. This cat that lives in one of the barns out here. And look, don't think anything bad about it because that cat's living his best life. Fatter in hell. Oh, yeah, huge. Because it eats all the mice, right?

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Yeah. So do they do anything with snakes?

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I have no idea. Okay, the new idea on that one. So I wish we had a dumb criminal split. You know, like they don't know. Some people are just not very intelligent. So we're going out to Texas. And I told you, one of my FBI friends told me the one crime they would commit one time and they know they could get away with it, is what, a bank robbery? Absolutely. So we're going to Texas where there's a bank robber and you know, there's a guy named Q, P, U, G, H. He walked in in a fast food with a fast food bag and approached the teller in a bank. All right? He pretended to be making a withdrawal, but as soon as he got up to her window, he gave her the bag with a note riddled with spelling errors. It says quotations. Look, if you don't want to die, then you should do as this note says. This is not a bag of food. This is a bomb bom. So just put money in the envelope and misspeller and do not make any move till after I have left for 10 minutes. Minutes to spell it. M I N T I s. So the teller did what they should have done because it's not working. Killed over. So he got 800 bucks. Right? But not. He only got it because the teller got all his personal information. So have your ide Right. So let me tell you exactly what happened. I'll just get back to the beginning that was trying to skip forward to get to that part. So situation in Texas. Texas Tea House unfolded where a bank robber was convinced by a bank teller to show two forms of identification before he completed his robbery. And then he got caught almost immediately while leaving the bank. All right. Regardless what the current administration would like you to believe about crime in specific cities, the truth is crime tends to be random. And the best way to deal with it is to have personnel and risky jobs ready for anything. Just like I used to travel the country and train the people in jewelry stores. But the bank teller at a Wells Fargo in Dallas was one of those highly trained individuals who handled the bank robbery perfectly. These days, when a rack man enters a building, he usually ends in a shootout. So one could be forgiven for simply cooperating with everything a robber demands. But this according to cbs. They reported that when a man named Nathan Wayne Pugh walked into a bank trying to Rob it. You know, just as quietly as he could from one specific tailor teller. The teller stalled him by pretending the withdrawal required a wait time. Yes, sir. Okay, you can rob me. Hold on one second. I gotta give it a certain amount of minutes. So as Pew waited, the teller.

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Smart girl.

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The teller then asked for his id. And when he offered a bank debit card, the teller's like, that's, that's good, but I really need a second form id.

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Yeah, and I love it.

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The end. To everyone's surprise, there are. Smart guy. Pew handed over his Texas state identification car. So anyway, what a dumbass. He eventually got caught and was sentenced to 102 months behind bars, running concurrently with two 25 year sentences for previous robberies he had done.

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Why is he even out, right?

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And in a press Release from the U.S. department of justice, more details of the incident were made clear. Pew was apparently much worse than a goofy person who didn't understand how IDs work. Like I told you, he walked in with a fast food bag and approached the tailor who is our hero. Then he pretended to make withdrawal, but as soon as he got to her window, he handed over that bag and I read you all the spelling errors. And he got the 800 bucks. But as he made his way out, he saw a cop entering and he tried to grab a woman carrying her toddler as a hostage. Pew tried to put her on in a chokehold, but police quickly intervene and arrest him. The air horn is my new thing for public service announcements. They just so you know, that's the. The pen is mightier than the sword and the cops will describe the situation and said, and when he went to put her in a chokehold and take her as a hostage with her baby, we intervened. Which means they beat the out of.

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Yeah, right.

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Well of course, assuming someone is a robber doesn't always play out so smoothly. The you mean know that maybe Black Panther like a superhero movie? Yeah. So the director, Ryan Coogler, once had a very awkward run in with Atlanta police because he tried to discreetly withdraw his money using a note. Considering how well his films performed at the box office, many were outraged how that situation was handled. There's anyone who doesn't need to rob a bank, it's Ryan Coogler, right? This kid's got maze. So he went in and I guess bank teller, he's like, give me, you know, $50,000 cash. Yeah, here's my IDs. And they're like hitting the alarm, thinking it's her offerings.

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That. That's sad.

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But let's go back to Mr. Pugh. He's going to be in the Teahas Department of Corrections for a very long time with plenty of hours to reflect on how handing over your state ID during a robbery isn't the smartest move. Right. Thank you, Mr. P, for not making me start off with a dead baby or something this morning. I'm sure. I'm sure we'll get to that.

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I don't know when you became so soft. Second last.

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Because I'm sitting here with you. Oh, it's osmosis.

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It is osmosis. Well, I got a. I guess this is kind of soft because I've got a cold case that has been.

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Case of beer, I think.

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Oh, gosh. Should I have gotten beer yesterday too?

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You should always get beer.

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I didn't go into a store like. Well, I guess I did go in a store like that. All right, well, so in early of August of this year, there were two friends. One was Brody Locke from Watkins, Minnesota, and they were fishing on the Mississippi river near Sartel.

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Okay.

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While one friend reeled in a walleye. Is it a Wally or a walleye?

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Walleye.

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Walleye.

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Very good. Eat fish.

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Locke, which is Brody, turned his sonar device on and suddenly noticed something unexpected underneath the water. And it was a submerged 1960s era Buick sedan.

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Sonar told them all that?

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That's what it says.

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Jesus.

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It wasn't a rock or a lock.

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I'm sure you knew it was a car.

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It was unmistakably.

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They pulled it out a car.

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And later Locke described it as pure coincidence. It was 100% luck. If my buddy wouldn't have caught that walleye, we wouldn't have floated by and never known it was there. Those are his. Was his statement Right. The next day, Locke returned with his family to confirm the sighting, then contacted police. So on August 13, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office dive team and a towing crew retrieved the vehicle from about 20ft underwater. And a series of surprising discoveries followed. Inside. The severely deteriorated, sediment filled card would.

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Say that would happen.

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Yeah, well, just like I would have thought that that jar in yesterday's story would have had sediment and debris all over it. I don't know how that woman found it. But anyway, yes, it was severely deteriorated, sediment filled. Officers still found human remains. So using the car's VIN, investigators identified it as Vehicle Identification Number a 1963 Metallic Blue Buick Electra belonging to Roy George Ben, who at the time in 1963 was a 59 year old businessman from Sauk Rapids. Ben had disappeared in September of 1967. He was last seen exiting King's Supper Club with a large sum of cash and never heard from again. Law enforcement believes the remains are likely Ben's though they've sent the remains to Midwest Medical Examiner's office for formal ID and and the cause of death determination. Detectives from Benton county who have jurisdiction over this area or over Ben's disappearance have already notified Ben's remaining family. And Sheriff Troy Heck expressed relief that the discovery may finally bring long awaited closure. Even though traditional ID methods may be less effective after so many years underwater.

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Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure they have his dental records.

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Yeah.

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Even they can't get DNA. Yeah. How about that? Good. Good deal. Love to see any cold case solved. Even though they don't have a murder. I mean probably murders. Yeah, it could be the skull is still intact with a bullet hole in it or whatever. But there'll be more. More on that. And that's why I never give up hope. Like Ms. Barbara Blunt's case and Bradley Stracer's case. The I. You know, unless they evaporated them, the remains are there.

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Yeah. Unless they did a Breaking Bad in the bathtub.

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Yeah. Yes. Something like that.

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Yeah. I'm just.

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All right. Well this next story is a bit disturbing for me and the only because dude was kind of like one of my heroes.

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Oh no.

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Yep. So they've had two movies made about him and more importantly Russell, who was the chief of all any for all the years who was the longest running law enforcement officer in. In the state of Louisiana at one point before he passed the he was. He used to schedule when I was out in uniform patrol nights. He would schedule his shifts those nights because he knew I would never call him out. But if I had to call him out, he carried this little revolver. No bulletproof vests. Anything else. He. If I had to call him out. Call him out, somebody was going to jail, period. And if I had to call him out usually with a shooting or right. Or something like that. But the. He also had a big long stick that carved out like an oak tree or some and it was signed by Cher Buford Busser. Do you hear that is.

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Yeah. I have no idea.

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He's the. Became famous for the movies Walking Tall.

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Oh, okay.

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And. And he was like a giant of a man who came back to his Tennessee town after his military service. And the. The. They had a lot of moonshine, prostitution, gambling joints like that. And you know, he knew the people he grew up with him, but they, they almost killed him one night and they like, they beat him within an inch of his life and like put him in a hospital for a long time, etc, and he got out. It's like it, I'm running for sure.

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Yeah.

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And he did, but he had to fight all the corrupt, corruption and but he was known for carrying that big stick because he was like 6 foot 7 and whatever. He would just beat the, out of people. Right. That was his way for justice.

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Yeah.

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And very, very famous, probably, probably the most famous law enforcement officer that you never heard of unless you watch the movies. But now we're going to Memphis, Tennessee. Oh, there was a lot of bad happened at that time. Like they, it was a constant battle. He's fighting the, you know, the forces that be. And let's see if I can play this article for you real quick and then I'll tell you all about it. This almost 60 years later, Pauline Mullins was shot and killed in 1967. The case in West Tennessee was never solved. She was the wife of McNary County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a Tennessee legend. Her case was recently reopened and TBI says there are new details poking a hole in Pusser's account of all these events. Griffin Day Marais takes a new look through the information. The death of Pauline Mullins Pusser has always been a mystery. Sixty years later, we still had no answers. That was until 2022, when there was.

[A]

A push against TBI to reopen the case.

[B]

2023, they received a tip about a possible murder weapon. In 2024, they did an autopsy. And now in 2025, we finally have some type of answers, meaning more likely.

[A]

Than not, that would allow us, if.

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He were alive today, to present an.

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Indictment to the McNary County Grand Jury for their consideration against Buford Pusser for the murder of his wife Pauline.

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Before the bombshell announcement, let's rewind to 1967. Pauline went with her husband Buford on a late and they were on their way when they were apparently ambushed. Pauline was shot and killed. Buford was shot in the face. At least that's what he said. Mark Davidson, District attorney for the 25th Judicial District, said there were problems in his statement.

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The case file reveals inconsistencies in Buford Pusser statements to law enforcement and others.

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About Pauline's murder, including physical, medical, forensic, ballistic and reenactment evidence that contradicts his version of event. According to tbi, the evidence shows Pauline.

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Was actually shot outside the car and.

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Her body was Moved in and the gunshot wound of Pusser's face, most likely self inflicted. Pauline's brother Griffin said the news did not come as a shock, but I knew deep down there was problems in her marriage. If I only know now what I knew then, she would have never went back to Tennessee. She would have been right here with me. The case of the investigation will be made public.

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TBI said it will be available in.

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The next couple of days in Somerville. Griffin demaray, Action News. Scott, so the deal being. Deal being is that was one of the things he, the in the movie is like the bad guys are coming back after him. They ran him down the car and they shot the car. Shot her through the car, shot him and he got out and shot back at him, whatever. But the most famous law man in Tennessee, TBI is Tennessee Bureau Investigations, like their state police. And now they're saying that he killed her. Yeah, I mean, they got the evidence they got and, and if they believe what they believe, they could take it to a grand jury and get an indictment, take him to trial. Then I guess they got what they got. You know what I mean?

[A]

But what was she doing on a call with him.

[B]

In the movie? Yeah, but in the movie it was like they were leaving a restaurant or something and he got a call while she was in the car. But the, I mean, you're right, I wouldn't take you on a call, but that was a different time back in the 60s. And, but anyway, the, the, the idea that he shot and killed his wife and then shot himself, I mean, because it up his face. Yeah. I mean, like you might as well be dead and dragged back in the car. I don't know who knows what happened. But how about that Shout out cold case. Hey, you know what? It doesn't matter if it's in Tennessee of Vernon Parish. If you're a dirty cop, you're a dirty cop. I've always said I hate dirty cops and bleed blue, but I hate dirty cops. I would like to believe that Walking Tall Sheriff Pusser Piercer didn't do it, but they, they know what they're doing. You know, I wish they would take the, you know, this is like the Menendez brothers or Scott Peterson, and if it wasn't famous, they'd never looked at it. Yeah, I wish they would go to Burn Parish and do the job that should have been done over there.

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Well, let's fix it. I mean, it's good.

[B]

Yeah, but they have all the resources, the TBI and the local sheriff's office and the DA's and everything else. It's getting. Bradley and. And AO are getting done. Also the banyan getting done. No doubt about that. Just takes a bit longer. But that's okay. There'll be no wine before it's time. Ernest and Julio Galio. And no, I don't drink wine unless it's muscadine or blueberry. Homemade wine. I like a homemade wine. I can't. All the places we've been, we always tried different flights and whatever. I mean. I mean, I'd like to up my palate, right, and be a wine connoisseur. I just don't like the.

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I don't.

[B]

I don't mind a. A bottle of greaseling German. German wine. Yeah, it's got to be sweet for me there.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Sweet meat. Oh, my gosh. I call you sweet. Me. Why are you being so defensive? All right, give us an O.

[A]

Well, all done. And dark comes to light. So, yeah, their time is ticking. I. I believe their time is.

[B]

Well, I know it is, and a whole bunch of other time is ticking over there, too.

[A]

But, yeah, people that think you don't even know they're on the radar or on the radar, but that's the.

[B]

Yep, yep, yep.

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Okay, we are gonna go. I. I just want to stay worldwide.

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Okay, it's time for Worldwide Crime.

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Trying to get a grip on this. It doesn't seem like it's gonna flow very well, but In March of 2003, the Crown Prosecution Service began investigating a message posted on a pedophile focused forum. And this message read, I live in uk, have two daughters aged four and nine, available for Suck and Play.

[B]

Oh, God.

[A]

The technicalities and possible link to a man named Lester Sharp, who was then working as a medical receptionist, made him a prime suspect. Computers from his workplace were seized for forensic examination, which revealed child images. So despite the images on his computer, Shark was not interviewed until September of 2005. And at that point, he claimed to have. He had little recollection of assessing or responding to the post. And he acted shocked and disgusted at the content that they were showing him during the interview. So no charges were filed at that time, and the investigation was dropped. But let's fast forward to February of 2022, and Sharp was again implicated in a national investigation. Authorities connected a Skype account used to upload two category A child abuses child abuse images to him. And this prompted renewed scrutiny over his past behavior. So, on a break from work, investigators caught Sharp inside a locked room at a Kensington hotel. And disturbingly, he had a live Stream of sexual abuse involving a child open on his phone and his trousers and underwear had been removed.

[B]

Yeah. Imagine that.

[A]

Justice came swiftly. So in 2025 the Southwark Crown Court Judge Michael Humpmeyer sentenced Sharp, describing him as a married father who had twice escaped prosecution for similar, similar, similar abuse related behavior. And Sharpe received a minimal eight years and three months in prison, followed by four years on license post release. So I guess like probation post release.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's not enough. He's gotten away with it for 20 something years and he's not even going to do 20 years of away with.

[B]

It because he was smart and you know, I'm glad they got him at least he got eight years. That it's better than nothing. Better than out there raping babies, right?

[A]

Yep.

[B]

So. Well, how about a twofer? It's time for worldwide crime. You know, I'm pretty sure if I was going to commit a crime on an airplane, I'd want to do it like in America or anyone. Yeah, I mean probably England. You get eight. Eight years. Eight years for. For raping babies.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And here a lot of times you get easy. Well, we're gonna go to Saudi Arabia and. And I know it wasn't imagine they don't play. Right. I think they like cut off your hands.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

For stealing there.

[A]

I think they should.

[B]

I'll watch it, I guarantee you. I know this watch. Does Saudi Arabia have the death penalty? So yes, Saudi Arabia has infrequently uses the death penalty. The number of executions has varied year by year but has frequently been among the highest in the world as based off of Shara's Islamic law and can be imposed for various crimes under three categories. Who died which is mandatory punishments for specific crimes which can include adultery, sodomy and pesticide. What is that? APO s T a S Y Then there's another category keysas retaliatory punishments where a murder victim's family can demand the death penalty or accept blood money as compensation. Interesting. And tazir a general category. Offenses where judges have wide discretionary power to impose punishment, including death. Well. Oh, apacy is renouncing Islam but it says murder, rape, terrorism, drug smuggling, opacity, homosexuality, witchcraft, sorcery, blasphemy, wage and war. Okay, so what? It wouldn't have applied in this case, but pretty good case. The SA gets on an airplane. The. Well it's actually Heathrow in England. Right. Benevolent. They don't got over there. Dude gets on the airplane and they're getting ready to take off and he decides he doesn't want to be on the airplane anymore so that he's a pasture and he punches a crew member and tries to open the cabin door. Literally they're taxing down the Runway, Right?

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Right.

[B]

So the emergency services rushed to the Bowen 787 which had landed from Jeddah shortly before 1pm on Thursday. According to the sun, the ma. The newspaper the aircraft break sharply on tax taxiway to Terminal 4 after the incent which called made the pilots call for urgent assistance. Stairs were placed against the jet and officials boarded the flight SB119 which was carrying passengers from Saudi Arabia. Now pictures published by the sun magazine showed at least four fire engines, six police cars and several ambulances at the scene. So what happened was the services reported to have started as the plane taxi to its stand. A male pasture is got into an argument with a crew member, punched him and attempted to open one of the doors. How do you think that's going to end well for you? So a source told the newspaper it was chaos on board and very frightened for the families. The plane had wheels down, but a passenger was so agitated and struck out at the crew because he wanted to get off there and then. Well, police confirmed the man had been arrested on suspicion of danger in an aircraft. And flight records show the Saudi plane had left Jeddah 38 minutes late and arrived in London after a journey of over just six hours. At least one in Saudi Arabia. He won't get killed for it.

[A]

No. Might get a little slap on the wrist.

[B]

The. I don't know where the. Where are the men nowadays they'd punch them that they should have had him on the floor just pounding his ass.

[A]

Yeah. What if he had successfully opened that door? What if someone.

[B]

The fucking plane is Rowan.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Getting ready to take out. I. I guess. I guess if he successfully opened the door he would have successfully fell his ass out on the concrete.

[A]

Well, successfully had.

[B]

It's not like it's a. I mean you look out the plane window when they're. When you're bored and it's not like it's five feet. It's probably 15ft, right?

[A]

Yeah, I would think so at least. Yeah.

[B]

Roll and crack that skull. I don't know.

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I don't know.

[B]

Planes, trains and automobiles. And the dude knows he's sitting up in jail in London. And you'll get for it though, right?

[A]

No.

[B]

So I don't know. The. I'm gonna do this one more quick one. Okay. We're gonna go to Atlanta in your favorite place in the world. Which Is Gucci. No. In Atlanta. I know. That's why I'm like, no, the truth of the matter is your favorite place on all of this green earth is Walmart.

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No, that's my least favorite.

[B]

No. So a woman walks up in the Walmart with gift cards and three separate bills. Cash money. Okay, right. And probably would have been okay. And probably some of the cashiers might have used these bills except when they had to go give the money back. Probably because, you know, like the not saying all Walmart employees are bad, but some of them just don't give a. Right. You can give them the money and they'll just type it in the button. I got a hundred dollar bill tells you how much change to give them.

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Absolute.

[B]

Well, the problem with these three bills is each of them were for a million dollars apiece.

[A]

Oh my gosh, please tell me they did not take this.

[B]

So back in 2004, way back, NBC reported that a woman named Elise Regina pike racked up sixteen seventy five dollar bill at the national retailers Covington, Georgia branch. She first tried to pay using the gift cards, but when that wouldn't do, she just pulled out a one million dollar bill. Yeah, right.

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Yeah.

[B]

Of course the bill was counterfeit, and most people could probably deduce that no such bill exists. But after pike was arrested, she insisted that the bill was real.

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I mean, it is real.

[B]

Faith and questions authenticity was not possible since you can't keep up with the U. S. Treasury.

[A]

What?

[B]

Yeah, that's what she said. Well, she might have predicted what 2025 in the future is set to look like. Pike's gift cards only held a total of $2.32.

[A]

That's good. She had a million dollar bill.

[B]

$3 million.

[A]

Three, one million dollar bill.

[B]

But it also raised the question of whether she genuinely expected the Walmart cashier to hand her change from a $1 million bill in cash. And apparently pike got the fake from her estranged husband who is a collector. Pike was an assistant. She was never actually trying to pass off the bill as real, but reports from NBC say she did. And in fact she asked for change.

[A]

Well, what was she trying to pass it off as if she's trying to pay with it.

[B]

You might could have got away with it and say, oh, it's just playing and shit, but you asked for change, literally. And then Walmart has more cameras and anybody else even back then. So there's never been a $1 million bill printed in us. Whoop. Public service announcement. There's never been a $1 million bill printed in the us history. What is that? What do you think is the highest bill ever been printed?

[A]

A thou. Five thousand, Maybe a thousand.

[B]

The highest denomination ever printed was the 100,000 dollar Nate issued between 1934, 1935. Which bore the picture of. I have no idea, Donald Trump. It's who I'm named after.

[A]

Woodrow Wilson.

[B]

Yep. President Woodrow Wilson. That note however, was never available to the public. The one million dollar bill is purely a modern novelty, usually printed as a prop for the content. The idea that someone might think it's real would be unthinkable. But we live in a society where Huctui convinced people to invest their life savings in meme coins, so anything is truly possible. Anyway, Huqtui has since come forward to claiming she was also a victim assistant. She had no idea why the people who got her into the crypto business were planning in the long run what they were planning. Meanwhile, I read the rest this. The rest of this gets so bad and it goes. And we don't talk about.

[A]

Yeah, I figured it was going.

[B]

But wait, I'll skip over some of it. But you'd hope the average citizen would at least know what the highest dollar denomination actually is. My wife didn't. Yet there's. Yet there's still another. Did you know sir, if they're still not. I know now if there's still another. Hey, I'm a recruiter at Target. My name is Maya. Your background and resume have been submitted. Somebody Target wants to hire me.

[A]

Awesome.

[B]

This I'm quit.

[A]

Okay, done.

[B]

Let's go. Anyway, back to it. You'd hope the average citizen would at least know what the highest dollar. Domination. Okay. Yet there's still another case. The Daily Mail reported that a 53 year old man named Micah Fuller also tries to use the mythical one million dollar note at another Walmart. He attempted to buy $476 worth of goods, including a microwave and an oven in Lexington, North Carolina. Well, of course the police were called and he was promptly arrested, so. But pop culture is long played with the fantasy of stumbling on a bank error or finding a note never released to the public. That actually is true. Yeah, that especially shit's supposed to be thrown away when they up on it. But to be fair, those rare hundred thousand dollar notes are still held by collectors today, often fetching more than face value. That elusive one million dollar number might not even be out of the question. After all, people pay millions for a banana duct tape to a wall.

[A]

What?

[B]

You don't know about that?

[A]

No.

[B]

Come on, baby. Banana Banana duct tape toe wall.

[A]

Why don't you just tell me?

[B]

I'm gonna tell you. It became worth $2.6 billion. So in New York, you can walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than a buck. But a banana duct tape to a wall. That sold for 6.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is work entitled Comedian by the Italian artist Marizui Catalan. And it first debuted in 2019 as an addition the three fruits at the Art Basel Miami beach fair, where became a much discussed sensation.

[A]

So anyway, is it a fresh banana? Do they have to keep reductaping it?

[B]

Well, was it a prank? A commentary on the state of the art of the world? Another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it. A backup banana was brought in. Selfie seeking crowds became so thick, Comedian was withdrawn from view. But three editions of it have sold for between 120,000 and 150,000. Five years later, someone has now paid more than 40 times that higher price at the Sosby auction. Or more accurately, they have just purchased certificate authenticity that gives them the authority to to duct tape a banana to wall to call it chameleon, because the bananas rat.

[A]

How much do you get?

[B]

$6.2 million.

[A]

Okay, well, we've got. That's a cry three bananas in the house right now.

[B]

Yeah, we don't have the rights that do those. We can't. We can't even do it. But get seed.

[A]

Can I do lemons? I got lemons.

[B]

I'm pretty sure you can do whatever you want to.

[A]

Got some asparagus plant and some onions. Can we just duct tape those to our. What if I gorilla glue them?

[B]

I don't know. What if you trapped them up or bra.

[A]

Perfect.

[B]

Right? Perfect. That would get all kinds of collectors. So, you know, I'm throw this out there at the end of the show. Hashtag just for Bradley Str. There's no doubt that counterfeit money is involved because we just talk about counterfeit. So let that marinate you. You that think I don't know anything. Yeah, but as you said done in darkness will come to light. Oh, we will get them. Go get them. 313 RLRC tip. You have anything else?

[A]

No.

[B]

Nor do I. And I'm Woody Overton.

[A]

I'm Cindy Overton.

[B]

I'll y later pe.

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