Lafayette con man spent the 1880s on the run, stole millions

From America's archives, Lafayette's most famous con man stole millions and evaded capture in the 1880s until a bizarre ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

This con man’s striking Death Valley castle is closer than ever to a reopening date

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Ten years ago, clad in a vintage, knee-length rayon dress and a 1930s accent to match, park ranger Abby Wines would have been in character as Bessie and Albert Johnson’s hired ...
AOL

The long Talladega con: How one man talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track

This is the first in a three-part series from The Tennessean chronicling the story of L.W. Wright. The con man parked his Cadillac in front of Coo Coo's garage. He was going by the name L.W. Wright in ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Con man forged Colton church records in an elaborate fraud attempt

Church records of an old congregation in south Colton played a prominent role in one of the greatest frauds ever attempted in the history of the West. And those church records also helped authorities ...