076: Dirty John And Stuff You Missed In History Class

[NB: The sound's tinny this week; I'm so sorry.] Bravo has turned the L.A. Times series, then podcast Dirty John into an all-star-cast TV series, and book glutton/attorney Julian Gross is here to discuss it. Did it need to become a TV series? Is Eric Bana the right casting as the titular John? Will we stick with it despite 1) some pacing issues and 2) knowing the outcome, which may affect 1) for us? And could someone please nominate Veronica for president? Later, it's a look at the How Stuff Works podcast Stuff You Missed In History Class and their explainer on Cassie Chadwick, who claimed she was an illegitimate Carnegie daughter, rooked banks out of millions...and yet kind of sucked at her job? Teenage Spanish-prisoner cons, sexism in Philadelphian crime reporting, and more on The Blotter Presents, Episode 76. SHOW NOTES Dirty John in the L.A. Times (https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-dirty-john/) and as a podcast (https://wondery.com/shows/dirty-john/) Stuff You Missed In History Class's Cassie Chadwickisode (https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/imposter-cassie-chadwick.htm) The list of confidence tricks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_confidence_tricks) I wish were a book Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Train_Robbery_(novel)) Special Guest: Julian Gross.