The Man Who Stole Millions from McDonald's Monopoly

Описание: The Hamburglar was just a mascot, but Jerome Jacobson was the real deal - a McDonald's security chief who pulled off the ultimate inside job. While millions of Americans peeled game pieces hoping for a miracle, this master manipulator was turning Big Macs into big bucks, orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud. Discover the supersized story of how one man's greed turned America's favorite promotion into the biggest McFlop in fast-food history.

Ify Nwadiwe and Beth Stelling, join Misha to get salty about the McDonald’s Monopoly game.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:49 Let the Games Begin
13:50 Upping the Ante
23:17 McMobster
27:06 McMansion
28:57 Flipping the Board
34:27 Do Not Pass Go, Do not Collect $200
38:09 Super-Size Sentence
40:52 What Now?

About the show:
Fyre Fest goes up in flames, Ashlee Simpson bombs on SNL, and somehow even Taylor Swift couldn’t fix the ill-fated Cats movie. Who doesn’t love a good fiasco?! Join us each week as we dissect the most deliciously disastrous flops in recent history. On Wondery’s comedy & pop culture series The Big Flop, host and TikTok superstar Misha Brown unpacks all-time epic fails from Crystal Pepsi to Google Glass with the help of hilarious, highly-opinionated guests in every episode.

Find out what happens when massive hype turns into a major fiasco, and join us as we try to answer the age-old question...Who thought THIS was a good idea?! New episodes come out every Monday.

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