{"podcast":{"title":"Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast","slug":"most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575","podcast_index_feed_id":453575,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML3921312481","website_url":"https://www.mostnotorious.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/38acafe2-2262-11ee-950d-af9f985de25a/image/80dcf20a6f300e6b548544ec8cd42345.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Erik Rivenes","episode_count":478,"summary":"Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T16:18:13.252430+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575"},"episode":{"title":"438: The Capone's Vault Fiasco w/ William Hazelgrove","slug":"438-the-capone-s-vault-fiasco-w-william-hazelgrove","published_at":"2026-05-15T13:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575/438-the-capone-s-vault-fiasco-w-william-hazelgrove","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9908383601.mp3","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9908383601.mp3","summary":"In 1986, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults drew a larger audience than the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. The special was intended as a comeback for journalist Geraldo Rivera, built around the dramatic opening of a \"vault\" beneath Chicago’s Lexington Hotel, rumored to contain Al Capone’s riches. But when the vault was finally opened live the moment didn’t deliver what millions of viewers were expecting. My guest is William Hazelgrove, author of Capone’s Vault: The Real Story of the Biggest Disaster in Television History. His book traces how the idea came together, combining Rivera’s career arc with the mythology of Capone’s hidden fortune, and reconstructs the broadcast itself along with its fallout, showing how the event became a defining example of live television gone wrong. The author's website: https://www.williamhazelgrove.com/ The author on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@williamhazelgrove 30% off sitewide at Batch! Go here and support the show: ⁠⁠⁠hellobatch.com/NOTORIOUS⁠⁠⁠ and use the code NOTORIOUS at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In 1986, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults drew a larger audience than the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. The special was inten…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3196,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575/episodes/438-the-capone-s-vault-fiasco-w-william-hazelgrove/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-notorious-a-true-crime-history-podcast-453575/438-the-capone-s-vault-fiasco-w-william-hazelgrove.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}