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Crooked City: Dixon, IL

This is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen. She owned hundreds of champion quarter horses on her ranch outside the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And she was also Dixon’s treasurer/comptroller. Yet no one ever thought to ask how she could afford all of those horses on the salary of a civil servant… until the FBI raided City Hall in 2012 and Rita was arrested. For twenty years, Rita Crundwell worked hard to become the world’s largest and most successful quarter horse breeder… while also becoming America’s most prolific municipal embezzler.

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Dixon, IL | 8. Home Sweet Home Nov 13, 2023

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Years after Rita’s arrest, the people of Dixon gather in the town’s historic movie theater to watch a documentary about Rita’s crime. Then they hear that Rita may be coming home early.

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Dixon, IL | 7. A Close Personal Relationship Nov 06, 2023

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Dixon wants its money back… so they sue the accounting firm that did the city’s annual audits. Mayor Burke decides not to run for a fifth term.

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Dixon, IL | 6. A Good Horse is Hard to Find Oct 30, 2023

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On her ranch in Dixon, US Marshals auction off hundreds of Rita’s horses. Leonard and Leigh Berryhill want to buy Good I Will Be.

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Dixon, IL | 5. My Kingdom for a Horse Oct 23, 2023

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Rita Crundwell’s 30-year crime spree comes to an end and Dixon finds out just how much she stole. As the city blames its beloved mayor, Jim Burke struggles to pick up the pieces.

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Dixon, IL | 4. A Bad Dream Oct 16, 2023

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The Dixon City Clerk stumbles across a secret bank account. Mayor Jim Burke calls the Feds.

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Dixon, IL | 3. Good I Will Be Oct 09, 2023

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Welcome to Horse World, where Rita Crundwell reigns as queen. She hires Leonard and Leigh Berryhill to train her prized stallion, Good I Will Be.

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Dixon, IL | 2. Her Horses Were Her Life Oct 02, 2023

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Who is Rita Crundwell? Alexa journeys to Dixon to find out.

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Dixon, IL | 1. Honesty, Integrity, and Hard Work Oct 02, 2023

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It’s 1950 and the neighborly people of Dixon gather in their historic theater to watch a movie starring their hometown hero: Ronald Reagan. But this podcast is not about Ronald Reagan… It’s about the largest municipal fraud in US history.

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Introducing Season 3 of Crooked City: Dixon, IL Sep 19, 2023

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This is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen. She owned hundreds of champion quarter horses on her ranch outside the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And she was also Dixon’s treasurer/comptroller. Yet no one ever thought to ask how she could afford all of those horses on the salary of a civil servant… until the FBI raided City Hall in 2012 and Rita was arrested. For twenty years, Rita Crundwell worked hard to become the world’s largest and most successful quarter horse breeder… while also becoming America’s most prolific municipal embezzler.

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