Episode 91: Confidence Queen

Lindsay and Madison discuss con-artist Bertha Heyman, as well as how you can seemingly make it as long as you have “confidence,” that it’s never okay to fat-shame someone (even if they’re an asshole), and how you can find a new career even after a life of crime.
Information pulled from the following sources:
https://www.geriwalton.com/bertha-heyman-big-bertha-or-the-confidence-queen/ (2021 Geri Walton blog post)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-was-bertha-heyman-grifter (2019 Atlas Obscura article by Sabrina Imbler)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61868/10-exceptionally-clever-female-con-artists (2019 Mental Floss article by Kristy Puchko)
https://criminalsrevised.blog/2018/04/13/bertha-schlesinger-122/ (2018 Professional Criminals of America Revised blog post)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18880610.2.37&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 (1888 Daily Alta California article)
https://archive.org/details/cu31924096989177/page/n263/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Bertha+Heyman (1886 Professional Criminals of America book by Thomas Byrnes)

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Lindsay and Madison discuss con-artist Bertha Heyman, as well as how you can seemingly make it as long as you have “confidence,” that it’s never okay to fat-shame someone (even if they’re an asshole), and how you can find a new career even after a life of crime.

Information pulled from the following sources:

2021 Geri Walton blog post2019 Atlas Obscura article by Sabrina Imbler2019 Mental Floss article by Kristy Puchko2018 Professional Criminals of America Revised blog post1888 Daily Alta California article1886 Professional Criminals of America book by Thomas Byrnes

Be sure to listen to our friends Kris and Amy over at The Marvelous Madames podcast.

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