Episode 20: Pyros and Pornos - Arson and an Adult Entertainment Empire

It's one of the weirdest cases of arson I've ever heard. A one-eyed hitman, an adult entertainment and novelty empire, cocaine, tax fraud, hand grenades, bombings, and of course, arson... actually a few arsons. There's no easy way to sum up this case neatly in one coherent description so you're just going to need to go click play and make sure you're sitting down because this case has more crazy than you can shake a rubber anatomically correct appendage at. Join us to find out how "stiff" competition led to this faux phallus flambé on Crime to Burn.

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Background music by Not Notoriously Coordinated

Sources used: 

https://archive.findlaw.com/blog/federal-lawsuit-dueling-porn-stores-turned-to-arson-fraud/

https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Prosecutor-Repeat-porn-shop-arsonist-for-hire-5066978.php

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/vancouver-man-pleads-guilty-arson-conspiracy

https://casetext.com/case/bookstore

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/11/michael_wright_cocaine_crackin.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/11/michael_wright_right_2_dream_t.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vdxa3x/the-porn-store-rivalry-involving-arson-assassination-plots-and-a-one-eyed-outlaw