McMillions exposed how McDonald’s Monopoly was quietly hijacked, turning “random” winners into a pattern the FBI could not ignore.

It started with a tip that sounded like sour grapes, but then the FBI noticed something odd: all the winners were connected. The lead led to the realisation that the McDonald’s Monopoly game was rigged, and had been for most of its existence. And the man behind it was Uncle Jerry, Jerry Jacobson. What emerged was a secret FBI initiative dubbed Operation Final Answer, and a co-ordinated national sting.

Topics include

• Jerry Jacobson and the inside job at the heart of McDonald’s Monopoly
• How game pieces were stolen, swapped, and funnelled to “winners”
• The St Jude prize story and why it made perfect cover
• Operation Final Answer and the FBI’s plan for simultaneous arrests
• Simon Marketing and the blind spots that let it run for years

Resources and Further Reading

• McMillions (2020) - TV Mini Series
• McDonalds Monopoly Scam - Wikipedia

Host & Show Info

• Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
• Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland

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The Chowchilla bus kidnapping began like any school run, then veered into a buried alive ordeal no one could have imagined.

One moment a group of kids are arguing about snacks, the next they are being marched off a bus by men who clearly skipped Kidnapping 101. While the town panics, the abductors bungle their own plan and promptly disappear, leaving 27 people trapped underground with no idea what happens next. What unfolds is a mix of fear, grit, and surprisingly resourceful thinking as the captives take matters into their own hands.

Topics include

• Chowchilla
• Michael Marshall
• Ed Ray
• Buried alive schoolchildren
• Largest child kidnapping case in US history

Resources and Further Reading

• 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping - Wikipedia
• Edward Ray - The City Of Chowchilla
• They’ve Taken Our Children, 1993 - by Vern Gillum
• The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping - Vox
• Chowchilla bus kidnapping - Rare photos CBS

Host & Show Info

• Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
• Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland

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The Suffolk Strangler turned Ipswich into a locked-door city. Five women vanish from the red light district and the road home becomes a crime scene.
In December 2006, the Ipswich murders unfold at terrifying speed as five women are found dumped on rural roads outside the town. Panic turns the streets silent, while the women at the centre of the story are reduced to headlines instead of humans. Inside Operation Sumac, detectives chase CCTV footage, a Ford Mondeo, DNA evidence and forensic fibres to close in on Steve Wright.

Topics include

• Steve Wright and the Suffolk Strangler timeline
• The Ipswich serial killer panic and the city’s response
• Life and risk inside the Ipswich red light district
• How was Steve Wright caught using CCTV footage and DNA evidence
• What the case reveals about who gets protected in Ipswich

• Ipswich serial murders - Wikipedia
• Wright guilty of Suffolk murders - The Guardian
• Murder in the Red Light - Apple TV

Host & Show Info

• Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
• Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland

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