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Podcast: Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
Episode: 355: New York City Crime Boss Marm Mandelbaum w/ Margalit Fox
Description: Best-selling author Margalit Fox returns to the show to talk about Marm Mandelbaum, an extraordinary woman who lived the classic rags to riches story, rising out of immigrant poverty and into wealth and power, but also extreme notoriety. She built her mid-19th century criminal empire by assembling some of the best shoplifters and burglars in the country and putting them to work. They stole millions of dollars worth of silk, jewelry and other valuables for her, which she would fence and sell at incredible profits.Her new book is called "The Talented Mrs...