As we travel further into the new year, it provides new opportunities for the world's scammers. In this episode of the BTC, we look at two strange cases of scams going awry. A special thank you to this week's guest host, Eileen Walters!<br /><br />You can check out 600 Second Saga <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/600-second-saga-9473" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here!</a><br /><br />Research links below!<br /><br />Ring the Damn Bell - <a href="https://ringthedamnbell.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/a-wrestling-with-sin-mystery-the-carny-con-man-jerry-balisok/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"A Wrestling With Sin Mystery: The Carny Con Man Jerry Balisok"</a><br />Casetext - <a href="https://casetext.com/case/state-v-balisok-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"State v. Balisok"</a><br />Mental Floss - <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86631/how-conman-jerry-balisok-pulled-ultimate-disappearing-act" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"How Conman Jerry Balisok Pulled the Ultimate Disappearing Act"</a><br /><a href="http://courts.mrsc.org/appellate/068wnapp/068wnapp0277.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">68 Wn. App. 277, 843 P.2d 1086, STATE v. BALISOK</a><br />StevenWarran - <a href="https://stevenwarran.blogspot.com/2013/09/march-10-1990-seattle-post.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"March 10, 1990, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 'Jonestown Victim' Turns Up Alive In the King County Jail, by Jack Hopkins"</a><br />Find A Grave - <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10860996/jerry-bibb-balisok#view-photo=1727071" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Jerry Bibb Balisok"</a><br />Justia - <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1994/60134-8-1.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"State v. Balisok"</a><br />The Seattle Times - <a href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19930105&slug=1678437" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Murder Conviction Overturned By Court -- Court Of Appeals Rules Jury Action Prejuduced Trial"</a><br />The Seattle Times - <a href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900310&slug=1060248" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Man Feared Dead In Jonestown Ran Hoax, Police Say"</a><br /><br />AARP Podcast - The Perfect Scam - Colorado Funeral Home Body Brokering Scheme Part 1 & 2 - Episodes 153-154 - May 11 & 18, 2023.<br />KKCO11 News - <a href="https://www.kkco11news.com/2023/01/03/notorious-sunset-mesa-funeral-home-owner-who-sold-body-parts-whole-corpses-without-consent-sentenced-20-years-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Montrose funeral home mastermind and co-conspirator sentenced"</a><br />United States Attorney's Office: District of Colorado - <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/sunset-mesa-funeral-home-operators-sentenced-federal-prison-illegal-body-part-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Sunset Mesa Funeral Home Operators Sentenced to Federal Prison For Illegal Body Part Scheme"</a><br />Courthouse News Service - <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/colorado-funeral-home-director-to-pay-restitution-for-selling-body-parts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Colorado funeral home director to pay restitution for selling body parts"</a><br />The Daily Sentinel - <a href="https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/body-of-complaints-piled-up-state-knew-of-funeral-home-concerns-long-before-fbi-raid/article_4bf7fd82-b96b-11e8-afee-10604b9f7e7c.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Body of complaints piled up: State knew of funeral home concerns long before FBI raid"</a>
