About this episode

The episode discusses two true stories of criminal miscalculations and poor decisions.

A good alibi can keep you out of prison—unless it leads police directly to 84 packets of heroin. This week on The Shallow End, Jethro tells the story of a West Virginia bank robbery suspect who proved he was innocent by confessing to an entirely different crime. Then, Lindsay heads to Florida, where a man allegedly steals $7,000 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets and repeatedly returns to the scene of the crime to cash them. When that brilliant plan fails, his evening somehow gets even worse. Plus, a listener shares a painful lesson involving a fence-post driver, an emergency-room visit, and four staples to the head. Two true stories of criminal miscalculation, spectacularly bad decisions, and people who should have stopped several choices ago. Lifeguards Lindsay and Jethro are on duty, but the warning remains the same: stay out of the deep end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jethro, Lindsay

Topics covered

• crime
• bank robbery
• lottery fraud
• bad decisions
• true stories

Keywords

• bank robbery
• lottery tickets
• West Virginia
• Florida
• criminal miscalculation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: emergency-room

Places: West Virginia, Florida

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