<p>Are you looking for a story that is 100% guaranteed to blow your mind? A true crime tale that'll leave you wondering how crooks got away with it for so long in the first place? Well, hold on to your girdle, because this one's a doozy. It's got everything: insurance scams, fake passports, an undercover sting operation, Israeli really bank accounts, and huge sales on some of the best TVs and VCRs around (sales tax not included). Best of all, you can listen to this story for the low, low price of FREE! Now that price is insane!&nbsp;</p><p>Ray teaches Rob about how a mom-and-pop consumer electronics store went from being a tri-state curiosity to a national sensation; who the real man is behind all those infamous ads; why having a CPA in the family comes in handy when you're committing tax fraud; and why building an empire on a foundation of shady financials and skimming off the top probably isn't the best business model.</p><p>If you like what we are doing,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thiswasathing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">please support us on Patreon.</a></p><h3>TEAM</h3><p><a href="https://twitter.com/totesray?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Hebel</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/robwschneider/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert W. Schneider</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mark_schroeder/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Schroeder</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebillyrecce/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Recce</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-schwartzberg-257334164/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daniel Schwartzberg</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabecrawford/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gabe Crawford</a></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34399519@N08/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Natalie DeSavia</a></p><h3><br></h3><p><strong>WEBSITE</strong></p><p><a href="https://whitecollarfraud.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">White Collar Fraud</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>ARTICLES</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77976/crazy-eddie-rise-and-fall-electronics-stores-insanely-successful-criminal-enterprise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mental Floss</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/24/business/how-crazy-eddie-s-does-it.html?pagewanted=all" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New York Times - 1985</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/business/eddie-antar-retailer-and-felon-who-created-crazy-eddie-dies-at-68.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New York Times - 2016 (1)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/nyregion/the-public-face-of-crazy-eddie-recalls-the-real-one.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New York Times - 2016 (2)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remembering-crazy-eddie-his-prices-were-insane" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Yorker</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2012/03/the_long_and_wild_crazy_eddie.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NJ.com</a></p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1989/07/16/the-electrifying-end-of-crazy-eddie/164dc3d1-fdca-45d0-a228-96faefbbcea7/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Washington Post</a></h3><h3><br></h3><h3>EPISODE CLIPS</h3><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rer9W58-qQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1987 Crazy Eddie Commercial</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIfUnfZSrM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Eddie 'Insane!' Commercial (NY, 1978)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I%5C_dl2tsuUtc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Classic Crazy Eddie Commercial 'Bathroom DooWop' (1977-1979)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFMDka79Ts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Eddie Commercials and Bloopers 1980's</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkFDq6Hu4xs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1972 Crazy Eddie Radio Commercial for Brooklyn store</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws9PGROHZzg&amp;t=680s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Biggest Retail Fraud In American History - Masterminds - Crazy Eddie - Eddie Antar Documentary</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea0AlnsAEFs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Eddie Fever commercial 1978</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y%5C_7ntzgTvhs&amp;t=9s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Eddie Antar and His CFO/CPA Cousin Sam Antar Meet for first time in 30 Years</a></p><h3>ADDITIONAL MUSIC &amp; SOUND EFFECTS</h3><p>"Happy Bee"</p><p>• Kevin MacLeod (<a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>)</p><p>• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0</p><p>•&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p><p>Additional Sound Effects from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/FinalCutPro.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Final Cut Pro</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iLife11.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iLife</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/LogicPro.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Logic Pro</a></p>