In the 1980s, the discount electronics chain store Crazy Eddie was so famous, its commercials were parodied on "Saturday Night Live." So when the family business began selling its company shares on Wall Street — making millions — nobody questioned its success.
Gary Weiss’ book is Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie.
Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow.
Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast.
We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery.
Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.
Episode transcripts are posted on our website.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Séances
Iceland Noir
The Other Phoebe Judge
Wolf 10
The Nurse
The Perfectionists
A Glamour and a Mystery
Roll of the Dice
The Bodies in the Bog
The Prison Newspaper
The Impersonator
Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and Cleveland’s Torso Murderer
The Unknown Woman
The Paramedics
Lavender Scare
Shipwrecked
A Mysterious Bank
"Did we get it right?"
The Juror
The Magdalene Laundries
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
This is Love
This American Life
Casefile True Crime
Stuff You Should Know
On Being with Krista Tippett