47-05-02-This Is Your FBI (109)-The Henpecked Swindler
Sep 24, 2026 · 33 min · 22 segments
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Sep 24, 2026 · 33 min · 22 segments
There is nothing remarkable about the fact that there are various classes of criminals.
Because in any group of six million people, there would have to be different shadings of character and mentality.
Rated on top are bank robbers, mob leaders, and killers.
They are in the business of crime, and they engage in their work for profits.
Their standing in the criminal community depends almost entirely on their degree of success.
But there is one type of criminal to whom everyone else in the crime world looks up.
Because he or she makes his living by his brain.
And that criminal is the swindler.
Tonight's FBI file opens aboard a transcontinental train that is heading westward.
In the club car, a distinguished-looking gray-haired man is sipping a tall, cool drink.
In the chair beside him, an attractive young woman dressed in black is nervously twisting her
curtains.
I beg your pardon.
Yes?
Could you tell me the time?
Why, certainly.
It's exactly 3.27.
Is that Central Time?
Oh, no, no, Mountain Time.
We've just entered the new zone.
Oh,
that always confuses me.
Well,
that's very natural, my dear.
Is this your first trip west?
There is nothing remarkable about the fact that there are various classes of criminals.
Because in any group of six million people, there would have to be different shadings of character and mentality.
Rated on top are bank robbers, mob leaders, and killers.
They are in the business of crime, and they engage in their work for profits.
Their standing in the criminal community depends almost entirely on their degree of success.
But there is one type of criminal to whom everyone else in the crime world looks up.
Because he or she makes his living by his brain.
And that criminal is the swindler.
Tonight's FBI file opens aboard a transcontinental train that is heading westward.
In the club car, a distinguished-looking gray-haired man is sipping a tall, cool drink.
In the chair beside him, an attractive young woman dressed in black is nervously twisting her
curtains.
I beg your pardon.
Yes?
Could you tell me the time?
Why, certainly.
It's exactly 3.27.
Is that Central Time?
Oh, no, no, Mountain Time.
We've just entered the new zone.
Oh,
that always confuses me.
Well,
that's very natural, my dear.
Is this your first trip west?
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