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Author Interviews with Host Crystal Sarakas
A fan-favorite returns to WSKG Public Media! Hosted by award-winning producer Crystal Sarakas, "Off the Page" features conversations with writers from across the region and around the globe. Available as a podcast on iTunes, Alexa, Google, and on the WSKG and NPR One apps.

Ithaca author Railey Jane Savage talks about her new book, "A Century of Swindles: Ponzi Schemes, Con Men, and Fraudsters"


Off The Page from WSKG · A Century of Swindles: Ponzi Schemes, Con Men, and Fraudsters

 

 

 
If you're a fan of true-crime - but perhaps without all the murderdeathkill - then you'll love this book which takes a deep dive into 7 infamous schemes that took place between 1850 and 1950. There's intrigue, deception, sensationalism and chutzpah that is mind-boggling.

Railey Jane Savage lives and works in Ithaca, NY, where her abiding love for history's forgotten moments - swindles, or otherwise - grows against the dramatic background of the Finger Lakes. With an English degree from Smith College, she splits her time between writing and editings. A Century of Swindles is her second book.