Ridiculous Crime

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Welcome to the Dollhouse: Velvalee Dickinson

In wartime, codes and puzzles become a language of warfare. But if you can make a code, someone can break the code. Enter Velvalee Dickinson. She was a lover of costumed porcelain dolls and Japanese culture, and Velvalee was at the center of a truly bizarre doll-based mystery. During World War II, a team of female codebreakers investigated a series of letters from doll-lovers in the US sent to Argentina. The forged letters discussed prized dolls and their visits to doll hospitals. Turns out, the letters were coded messages from a doll-loving spy network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Napoleon of Crime: Adam Worth

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  The Johnny Cash Jamaican Christmastime Miracle

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  The Fundamental Magical Element [from Very Special Episodes]

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  You Better Listen to the Radio: Operation Ostrich

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  The Zambian Plot

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  Don't Mess with the Big Dog: Martha Stewart

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  The King of Counterfeiters: Jeff Turner

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  There Ain't No Cure for the Varsity Blues: Rick Singer

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  The Flapper Bandit: Rebecca Bradley Rogers

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  Someday We'll Find It: The Pizza Connection

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  America's First Great Bank Robber: George Leonidas Leslie

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  Warmest Regards, The Leopard: Betty Grable Extortion Letters

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  Lord Buckingham, I Presume: Charles Stopford

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  Say It Ain't So, Joe: The 1919 Black Sox Scandal

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  Billy Don't Be a Hero: Fyre Fest