S1 E11: The Black Sox Scandal - a podcast by CDM Productions

Baseball is known as America's favorite pastime, but who knew the wholesome sport could cause so much controversy? Eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox made a pact with gamblers to throw the series for a heft sum of money. Find out their fate on this week's episode of Mugshot.  Music by: Swelling"Night II" Bit Laden"The World's Greatest Robbery Series Presents: H1N1" Meydan"Insomnia Pt. 1" SoundCrate"Squad" SoundCrate"Shady Dealings" This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:
"Eight Men Out" by Eliot Asinof, 1963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal
https://www.history.com/news/the-black-sox-baseball-scandal-95-years-ago
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksoxaccount.html
https://www.famous-trials.com/blacksox

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