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**World’s Dumbest Criminals**

World’s Dumbest Criminals is an upbeat podcast about deadbeat crims. If you’re keen to hear about the most ridiculous, bizarre and downright stupid crimes and criminals in the world, you’ve come to the right place!

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The Not-So-Invisible Man Sep 11, 2022

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Episode 39 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about the exploits of a man dubbed “Scotlands Dumbest Criminal” for dedicating his life to crime, despite being hilariously bad at it. The things his poor long suffering lawyers come up with to explain his actions just get increasingly more absurd. It's stupidity at it's best!

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Promo: Bloody Happy Hour

Sources:

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/GUILTY%3B+David+McGregor%2C+you+stand+accused+of+being+the+most+stupid...-a0143092037

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/worst-burglar-back-behind-bars-1076618

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/serial-criminal-jailed-2742026

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/perth-kinross/68726/thief-shocked-by-jail-sentence/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-dumbest-criminal-jailed-again-4174156

https://archive.news.stv.tv/archive/1350543-infamous-criminal-jailed-after-commiting-140th-offence.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/thief-opts-childs-ride-toy-21818755

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/serial-perth-shoplifter-behind-bars-23236015

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/2877075/monday-court-round-up-oap-assault-and-face-mask-theft/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1093224/Woman-tried-smuggle-sedated-monkey-plane-hiding-shirt-claiming-pregnant.html

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/city/the-most-bizarre-sa-crimes-committed-in-2022-so-far/news-story/3cdf9bacd419aa7cbc0b96750728b875

https://nypost.com/2017/06/08/man-desperate-for-ride-to-hooters-calls-911-ends-up-in-jail/

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The Diss Track, Vodka Eyeball Shots Aug 28, 2022

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Episode 38 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a wannabe Welsh rapper who tried to firebomb a rival MC's place but ended up setting fire to the wrong house, a beautician caught drink driving who claimed she only got drunk after she parked her car - by drinking vodka through her eyeball and more.

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Promo: Method and Madness

Sources:

https://www.thenational.wales/news/20207362.michael-jordan-athernought-aka-ath-jailed-petrol-bombing/

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rap-feud-swansea-arson-attack-24214447

https://www.ladbible.com/news/rapper-raps-about-firebombing-rivals-house-days-before-firebombing-20220614

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/crime/jail-rapper-petrol-bombed-house-rap-rival-3730947

https://www.ladbible.com/news/woman-arrested-drinkdriving-says-actually-shotted-vodka-through-eye-20220718

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11024103/Beautician-caught-drink-driving-claimed-got-drunk-consuming-vodka-EYEBALL.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/shoots-penis-robbing-wiener-stand

https://www.ladbible.com/news/man-farting-ham-roll-sues-200000-20220723

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3483098/Forgetful-man-52-left-marijuana-smoking-device-police-station-returned-collect-illegal-stash-charged-drug-offences.html

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Love Triangle Murder Plot, the Chilli Finger Lawsuit Aug 14, 2022

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Episode 37 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about an English woman who tried to hire a hitman to bump off her work colleague so she could win back the affections of her philandering boss, the true story behind the gruesome Wendy's Chilli Finger lawsuit and more.

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Promo: The Golden Age of Murder

Sources: https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/flirty-old-man-german-playboy-77-sues-for-sex-a-513579.html 25/10/07

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/police-courts/revealed-10-dumbest-coast-crimes-committed/news-story/77a561c27190bcabe32cdcc8fcb8e1d1

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/05/wendys-chili-finger-scam/2391495/ 5/06/13

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/wendys-chili-finger-lady-comes-clean/1884507/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282853/Woman-planted-severed-finger-Wendys-chili-caught-lying-police-son-shooting-foot.html

https://www.ladbible.com/news/woman-found-guilty-hitman-kill-sports-direct-colleague-20220719

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-sports-direct-worker-guilty-27549669

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/22/sports-direct-boss-who-tried-to-hire-hitman-to-kill-love-rival-is-found-guilty-17050511/

https://www.ladbible.com/news/judge-suspended-outburst-calling-man-ahole-in-court-20220702

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The Hate Preacher's Comeuppance Jul 31, 2022

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Episode 36 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a hateful street preacher from Arizona who pickets high schools and universities, yelling through a megaphone and holding up wrong headed signs saying things like “You Deserve Rape.” Not only did he get done multiple times for trespassing but the police were often forced to protect him from people he deliberately provoked to the point of violence.

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Promo: Malice After Midnight

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrY9Njx2M8

https://thisistucson.com/tucsonlife/brother-dean-is-arrested-verbally-harassed-ua-women-celebrate/article_a2b7ea8c-7f8a-11e6-878d-87faea6a9fb4.html

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/hate-speech-or-freedom-of-speech-tabitha-brubaker-jailed-for-attack-on-controversial-preacher

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/bat-wielding-arizona-teens-assault-on-slut-shaming-preacher-a-hit-on-social-media-8340314

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/preacher-carrying-you-deserve-to-be-raped-sign-hit-over-the-head-by-baseball-bat-wielding-woman/

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizonas-slut-shaming-preacher-arrested-for-assault-8667424

https://aworkstation.com/22-of-the-best-responses-to-the-you-deserve-to-be-raped-street-preacher-getting-hit-on-head-with-baseball-bat/

https://www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/story/3775988/dumb-ways-to-crime-5-idiots-who-practically-arrested-themselves/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-bungling-robbers-trousers-fall-4183417

https://www.boredpanda.com/turtle-disguised-as-a-hamburger/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/you-deserve-rape-guy-takes-a-trip-to-asu-6664118

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Neighbour Vs Neighbour, He F-ed Around and Found Out Jul 03, 2022

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Episode 35 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a bizarre feud between English neighbours that saw them both sue each other for harassment, a Tennessee man with a history of aggressive public masturbation and just plain aggression who fucked around and found out and more.

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Promo: Up All Night

Sources:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-possessed-during-feud-next-26982353?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=exchange

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10822667/Moment-neighbour-hell-launched-bricks-cement-fence-called-neighbours-dirty-c-s.html

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/couple-deny-using-dolls-and-clowns-to-unleash-campaign-of-harassment-against-neighbour-142109893.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ4RftUCcFE9gWl44i8_n81wa_iKVlFc7TaKye96DzpCkLOzQCJZMvEfnSG0q0f2D_ZzItXmxvakxd6yUrv6RMtDwpqCiqMGe_vBm-3uhltH_C3dOD_aFSb4ee9-V56crO0fhXK5bsI0byo1Czh7tir4X1rWy6NiTZHClmcQVo-A

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/dalby/police-courts/dalbys-dumbest-criminals-and-their-baffling-crimes/news-story/e3cbeedd9793b0712969a03d4292807a

https://www.wsfa.com/story/10807430/the-horse-did-it/

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/man-accused-of-exposing-himself-in-downtown-parking-lot-then-barricading-himself-in-bathroom/522-3b1d493e-d5bd-4a2e-933d-15e4cbd40fcc

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/security-guard-charged-with-killing-man-outside-midtown-memphis-walgreens/522-c3e47d9d-7119-4aa6-b4c3-5d919e4e8d0c

https://wreg.com/news/police-man-arrested-after-being-caught-pacing-parking-lot-with-genitals-exposed/

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Succulent Chinese Meal, Girl on Girl Revenge Porn, Too High To Fly Jun 19, 2022

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Episode 34 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about the iconic arrest of Australia's “Succulent Chinese Meal Guy”, a British woman who shared pictures of her boyfriend's ex's boobs on Facebook during an argument with her and a Mexican man on a crystal meth binge who leapt from a moving a plane.

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Promo: Malice After Midnight

Sources:

https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-democracy-manifest-guy-reveals-what-was-really-going-on-in-viral-video-20210525

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-11/succulent-chinese-meal-rant-jack-karlson/100798094

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/deputy-headmistress-sacked-after-posting-25308829 27/10/21

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/mexican-national-sentenced-18-months-prison-attempting-breach-cockpit-then-jumping

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/man-who-tried-breach-cockpit-then-opened-emergency-exit-and-jumped-departing-plane-lax

https://nypost.com/2021/06/29/man-who-leapt-from-lax-plane-said-he-smoked-a-lot-of-meth/

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/norwegian-police-fine-hitman-because-4979317

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sleepy-burglar-caught-nodded-hammock-11996049

https://c.m.163.com/news/a/DQHMCQ4L0001899N.html?spss=newsapp

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Incel Goes Boom, Nude Golf Cart Ride, the Tinder Tantrum Jun 05, 2022

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Episode 33 is of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a an Incel who blew his hand off while making a bomb to kill hot cheerleaders, A police standoff with armed suspects in Florida that was interrupted by a nude woman driving a golf cart and a British woman who's ex boyfriend broke into her house to throw a messy food filled tantrum and more.

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Promo: Our True Crime Podcast

Sources:

https://www.ladbible.com/community/womans-tinder-match-let-himself-into-her-home-and-filled-shoes-with-spaghetti-20220331

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/crime/felixstowe-man-who-trashed-exs-ipswich-home-8647698

https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/31/tinder-date-filled-womans-shoes-with-baked-beans-when-she-dumped-him-16380178/

https://nypost.com/2020/06/07/man-blew-off-hand-making-explosives-to-target-hot-cheerleaders/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/richlands-man-sentenced-prison-time-possessing-and-manufacturing-unregistered

https://www.reddit.com/r/masskillers/comments/gy5edv/cole_carini_attempted_incel_bomber_blew_his_hand/

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article252952238.html

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/viral-naked-woman-drives-golf-cart-through-crime-scene-crashes-armed-standoff/809713

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/09/09/jessica-smith/

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/completely-naked-boston-woman-with-distinct-odor-of-booze-drove-a-golf-cart-through-armed-standoff-in-florida-deputies/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/17/shop-dummy-italian-thieves-arrested

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/thief-underpants-tried-fly-after-4158007

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/woof-justice-policeman-catches-fleeing-8125167

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Grandpa Thrusty McAssgrind, The Pigeon Fancier Extortionist and more May 22, 2022

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Episode 32 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a subway pervert in his 80's who liked rubbing his junk against female commuters butts and claiming he didn't do it as he had erectile dysfunction, a German pigeon fancier who tried to extort millions of dollars worth of diamonds from Nestle and planned to use his birds to carry the loot home and more.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-octogenarian-man-busted-grinding-woman-manhattan-train-20190420-nsu6bxkuhjc5pfkzeqhbsh4svy-story.html

https://www.courant.com/ny-metro-senior-arrested-for-sexual-assaulting-straphanger-20180612-story.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-elderly-subway-perv-plea-20181207-story.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-grope-arrest-subway-octagenarian-20191105-ree4vgqya5hqpp3xoanbqtyprq-story.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2579413/Is-Americas-dumbest-criminal-Man-arrested-tried-break-POLICE-STATION.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4862370/Ice-addict-caught-driving-car-drugs-weapons.html

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/revealed-the-midlands-dumbest-criminals-6468131

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239828/Dopey-drug-dealer-accidentally-sends-text-message-police-officer-offering-cannabis-sale.html

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He Smelled a Rat, Pea-Brained Harassment Campaign, Death-Faking Fraudster May 08, 2022

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Episode 31 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a restaurant customer in England who went to great lengths to avoid paying for his meal, three Welsh students who harassed a classmate in absurdly creepy ways and a West Virginia woman who faked her own death to avoid jail time on fraud charges.

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Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xd5evd/a-man-released-a-rat-in-a-restaurant-to-get-out-of-a-725-buffet-bill-and-the-restaurant-owner-called-for-his-death-909

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/23/fraudster-released-rat-in-sunderland-restaurant-to-get-free-meal

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/cctv-footage-shows-moment-sneaky-5386539

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/cctv-incriminates-man-who-released-a-rat-in-order-to-get-out-of-paying-his-dinner-bill/news-story/7ce6cc7390c0db9ac3dccda950be263b

https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/15758025.bangor-student-left-traumatised-after-teenage-trio-post-lambs-heart-through-her-letterbox/

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bangor-students-trio-terrified-victim-12519717

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9223839/West-Virginia-woman-tried-fake-death-gets-extra-year-prison.html

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/julie-wheeler-husband-faked-cliff-death-avoid-prison

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-sentenced-prison-helping-wife-fake-her-own-death-avoid-n1263189

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/raleigh-county-woman-sentenced-total-54-months-prison-conspiracy-obstruct-justice-and-0

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19346421

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/auto-lock-ruins-would-be-thiefs-plan-1748510#.VBAQnMKwKjw

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2012/11/man_arrested_following_dna_tes/

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The King of Chavs, The Crimes of Canuck the Crow and more May 01, 2022

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Episode 30 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a petty criminal who won millions of pounds in the lottery. Rather than letting go of his criminal past, he just found new and more laughable ways to break the law. It also covers the repeat offending of Canuck the crow, who was infamous in Canada for harassing people and disrupting crime scenes and much more.

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Sources:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8402541/how-national-lottery-lout-michael-carroll-blew-9-7m-pounds/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8692475.stm

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-carroll-lottery-works-cookie-factory_n_3568198

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/lotto-lout-jailed-for-nine-months-7472792

https://lotteryngo.com/lottery-winners/michael-carroll/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/29/ukcrime.lottery

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/10m-lottery-winner-says-liverpool-17267605

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sex-party-lotto-winner-remarries-25177505

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/world-famous-crow-attacks-canada-post-carrier-gets-mail-delivery-cancelled-to-vancouver-street?fbclid=IwAR1oXeERqhKtEQ3fEiMokkw7omjKYGZxS4FU3t_eeqL59IfCwKOG6lj8POQ

https://www.audubon.org/news/the-misadventures-canuck-worlds-most-infamous-crow

https://people.com/crime/dog-leaves-unusual-stain-on-miami-mans-shirt-helping-police-connect-him-to-alleged-armed-robbery/

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/irelands-dumbest-thieves-leave-trail-of-sweets-28568580.html

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Episode 38 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a wannabe Welsh rapper who tried to firebomb a rival MC's place but ended up setting fire to the wrong house, a beautician caught drink driving who claimed she only got drunk after she parked her car - by drinking vodka through her eyeball and more.

Episode 35 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a bizarre feud between English neighbours that saw them both sue each other for harassment, a Tennessee man with a history of aggressive public masturbation and just plain aggression who fucked around and found out and more.

Episode 34 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about the iconic arrest of Australia's “Succulent Chinese Meal Guy”, a British woman who shared pictures of her boyfriend's ex's boobs on Facebook during an argument with her and a Mexican man on a crystal meth binge who leapt from a moving a plane.

Episode 31 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a restaurant customer in England who went to great lengths to avoid paying for his meal, three Welsh students who harassed a classmate in absurdly creepy ways and a West Virginia woman who faked her own death to avoid jail time on fraud charges.

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