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Podcast: Not Another True Crime Podcast
Episode: Ferdinand Ward: the Best-Hated Man in the United States
Description: Danny is back with a conman from New York history, Ferdinand Ward, who earned the nickname âYoung Napoleon of Financeâ and later, the âBest-Hated Manâ in the country. Danny dives into Wardâs early scams and how he escalated into a bank-collapsing Ponzi scheme that landed him in Sing Singâthough that wasnât the end of his misdeeds.
RESOURCES:
https://moneyweek.com/economy/people/601293/great-frauds-in-history-the-downfall-of-ferdinand-ward-the-napoleon-of
https://archives.nypl.org/mss/22284
A Disposition to Be Rich: Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age by Geoffrey Ward
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