219: He Tried to Rob the Wrong Grandma

What happens when criminals and thrill-seekers make spectacularly bad decisions?

In this classic episode of The Shallow End, an 82-year-old grandmother in Rochester, New York, proves that appearances can be dangerously misleading when a late-night home invader discovers she's an award-winning champion powerlifter. Armed with whatever she can get her hands on, Willie Murphy delivers a lesson he'll never forget.

Then, we head to Italy, where a tourist ignores warning signs, climbs a restricted trail on Mount Vesuvius, drops his phone into the crater... and decides it's worth risking his life to get it back. The result is a rescue operation, an arrest, and another reminder that social media isn't always worth the photo.

Along the way, JG and Lindsay talk about Pompeii, the terrifying power of Vesuvius, selfie-related accidents, earthquake myths, and why making good decisions is harder than it should be.

In this episode:

• Willie Murphy's incredible home invasion story
• The champion bodybuilder grandmother who fought back
• A Mount Vesuvius selfie gone horribly wrong
• The destruction of Pompeii and the volcano's ongoing danger
• Selfie accidents and the risks people take for social media
• Earthquake stories, myths, and near-disasters

If you enjoy unbelievable true stories, strange news, dark humor, and people making astonishingly poor life choices, dive into The Shallow End.

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