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Battle of the Alamo painting

These Forgettable Frauds Fibbed About Being at the Alamo

by Ron J. Jackson Jr.6/9/20236/9/2023

Were ‘Uncle Jimmy’ Cannon and Louis Schilling harmless liars or callous con men trampling on the remembrance of fallen heroes?

Bernstein, seated, in a New York court in 1938 with lawyer Greg Bautzer to answer charges of kiting checks.

He Was a Lifelong Con Man. His Biggest Mark: Adolf Hitler

by Peter Carlson12/6/202212/13/2022

Jean Napoleon Zerman portrait

The Rogue General Lincoln Loved Was a ‘Convicted Swindler and Forger’

by Frank Jastrzembski10/25/202212/6/2022

‘Bubble in the Sun’ Review: How Con Men Got Rich Selling Florida Swamp Land

by Clayton Trutor 6/17/20217/14/2021