322. RANDOM: Scram Scammers

This week, Kara’s bringing you a collection of wild scams throughout history.Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermysteryWant WMMM Merch? Check out the podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Support our sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at www.betterhelp.com/wmmm and get on your way to being your best self.Sources:  https://www.amazon.com/Tichborne-Claimant-Rohan-McWilliam/dp/1852854782https://www.amazon.com/Newton-Counterfeiter-Detective-Greatest-Scientist/dp/0547336047https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/10935/58_20YaleLJ563_1910_1911_.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2012/the-tichborne-trials/https://coinsandhistoryfoundation.org/tag/william-chaloner/https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13074https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/the-tichborne-case-a-case-of-identity-fraud/https://www.aps.org/archives/publications/apsnews/201103/physicshistory.cfmhttps://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/tichborne-case-victorian-melodramahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalonerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_casehttps://www.executedtoday.com/2009/03/22/1699-william-chaloner-isaac-newton-counterfeiter/https://headstuff.org/culture/history/william-chaloner-master-counterfeiter/https://daily.jstor.org/body-double-tichborne-claimant/http://www.elizabethkmahon.com/2013/06/beautiful-forever-life-of-madame-rachel.htmlhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-was-madame-rachel-scamhttps://www.geriwalton.com/madame-rachel-a-victorian-era-con-artist/https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18780408-428