The dumbest thing to leave at a crime scene
Summary
CrimeLess hosts Josh Dean and Rory Scoville explore bizarre crimes involving severed fingers, from a neighbor leaving a digit at a tire-slashing scene to thieves losing fingers on barbed wire. The episode highlights the infamous 2005 Wendy’s chili scandal, where a woman faked finding a finger to extort the chain, leading to her imprisonment. The hosts also discuss a customer who found a real finger in frozen custard and refused to return it.
Topics discussed
Intro, ads, and the severed finger tire slashing case
The smart criminal who left a finger and the door slam incident
Copper wire thefts resulting in severed fingers
Italian recycling center break-in and reattachment timelines
The Cole's Custard finger lawsuit and freezer incident
Ads and host background stories
The Wendy's chili finger scam and subsequent prison sentences
Anna Ayala's later crimes and political views
Lane's Games: Finger food trivia and definitions
Outro, credits, and final advertisements
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