Trouble in River City

This time in 17th Century Chinese swindles: a fox that steals your yang essence, swindling the salt commissioner while disguised as daoists, and the origin of the common phrase "shut up about him!"Remember, you can't snatch the pearl from under the dragon's neck unless you plumb the depths of the pool.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.

Charles tells the story of Turkish wunderkind Mehmet Aydın, who pivoted from rapping to Ponzi scheming via a Farmville knockoff.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.

The gang opens a dot-com-era time capsule: the 2000 Ben Younger film Boiler Room.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.

Dan shares the story of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II, the king of the frontier conmen.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.

Hesse concludes the story of how Magic Alex ensorcelled those inimitable lads famed for walking across London's Abbey Road Street.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.