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Cover of The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David W. Maurer

The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man

David W. Maurer · 1999
Mentioned 3 times across 2 podcasts · 2023–2026
Mention timeline3 mentions
20232026
Where it's mentioned
Best Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’
Fresh Air · Nov 2026
“He gave me a a book called Wiz Mob. by uh the fellow who wrote the big con that the sting is based on”
John Turturro could pick your pocket (if he wanted to)
Fresh Air · Nov 2026
“he gave me a a book called Wiz Mob. by uh the fellow who wrote the big con that the sting is based on”
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The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2023
“he wrote two books. He wrote The American Confidence Man. Which later became Big Conn and it was one chapter of that was turned into the movie Sting”