Old Timey Crimey #23: Eugene Francois Vidocq - "Halloween Costume Indecisiveness"

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 4:01 a.m.

b'Scott and Kristy look at Eugene Francois Vidocq, a man who just couldn\'t decide what he wanted to be--unless he was escaping from jail. From traveling entertainer to swordsman, from traitor to fake aristocrat, he did it all and SO. MUCH. MORE.\\nThis man did not know how to handle a promotion or learn from experience, but he knew how to keep everyone guessing.\\nYou\'ll be the best gumshoe ever if you leave us a 5-star review on\\xa0iTunes.\\xa0And if you\'d like to control our fates, simply go to our\\xa0Amazon wishlist\\xa0and purchase a book for a future "Deep Dive" to pick a future episode topic.\\xa0\\nDon\'t forget to follow us here on Podbean, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and hit us up on our\\xa0FB group\\xa0or\\xa0Twitter\\xa0to talk Old Timey Crime. Thanks for listening, and always be your best Vidocq.\\xa0\\n______\\nSources:\\xa0\\nAshley, Mike. \\u201cThe Great Detectives: Vidoqc.\\u201d The Strand Magazine. Issue 4. https://strandmag.com/the-magazine/articles/the-great-detectives-vidocq/\\nBlazeski, Goran \\u201cEugene Vidocq: The ex-convict who became the world\\u2019s first private investigator.\\u201dThe Vintage News. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/03/eugene-vidocq-the-ex-convict-who-became-the-worlds-first-private-investigator/\\n\\u201cEugene Francois Vidocq.\\u201d Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fran%C3%A7ois_Vidocq\\nFlourishingAnyway. \\u201cEug\\xe8ne Vidocq: The Convict Who Became the Father of Modern Criminal Investigation.\\u201d Owlcation. https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Eugne-Franois-Vidocq-The-Convict-Who-Became-the-Father-of-Modern-Criminal-Investigation\\nFriendly, Michael \\u201cA.-M. Guerry\\u2019s Moral Statistics of France: Challenges for Multivariable Spatial Analysis\\u201d by https://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.4263.pdf#page=31&zoom=100,0,657\\n\\u201cGalley Slave.\\u201d Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley_slave'