Diamonds

THINGS

Discover how Kentucky grifters Philip Arnold and John Slack planted a fake diamond field, deceiving Tiffany, wealthy investors, and mining experts in America’s notorious Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 scandal.

THINGS

Sometimes heists really are just like the movies: disguises, guns, explosives, turtlenecks, double-crossings. Sometimes, not so much: bees, lettuce, maple syrup, Justin Bieber. In any case, the daring and duplicitous world of heists always proves...



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