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Sarah Zureick-Brown's avatar

A lot to dislike about Morse, but the fact that he misappropriated emergency funds during WWI after faking an illness to receive a medical pardon from President Taft, that's true villain energy.

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Yep! Kind of makes me think of a certain group of people who keep telling us that "you can trust billionaires, they have money so why would they need to make more?" 😁

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Ps if anyone listened to this I may have butchered a couple words on here because some I just was not sure how they are pronounced (e.g. Etruria). Next time I will be sure to get that down beforehand, it was a busy week lol!

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Sarah Zureick-Brown's avatar

I listened to it. Sounded good to me. I'm glad you have the audio option for these.

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Thanks, there were a lot of words on this one I was not sure about, glad it came out okay though!

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

One of my favorite true crime shows is American Greed. This is like a historical episode of that show, interesting to write about. Phillips H. Woods wrote a book about him if anyone is interested in further reading! It is called Scoundrel Bath, Maine's Charlie Morse:: Ice King and Wall Street Scoundrel.

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Linda Ferree's avatar

Excellent research. There is truly nothing new under the sun. Evil people continue to do harm, and ignorant people continue to be blindsided by them.

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Thank you!! I agree, a sad statement on human nature and the lack of progress. Things to tend to go in cycles though so we can hope!

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Lisa Maguire's avatar

Fascinating!

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Thank you! I thought this one was interesting. It truly shows the depths people will go to for greed!

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Lisa Maguire's avatar

Resemblance to living people purely coincidental!

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Yes lol!! I have always been interested in these kinds of stories, it is interesting how it continues to happen. Human nature!!

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