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Molly Conger

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2355 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

Marshal was sent out to Idaho to speak with Frank. And Frank admitted that he sent the letter, but he said he meant no harm by it, and he allowed the Marshal to search his home. It seems like if anyone had compared notes, Frank could have been identified as the Garden City postcard writer far sooner. The language in this letter was very similar to some of the postcards.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

If they had just showed this letter to the sheriff, maybe they would have recognized it. But I guess they didn't, because he wasn't. The local police in Pennsylvania, where the letter was received, charged Frank with terroristic threats. But that's a non-extraditable misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, so they couldn't bring him back to face the charge.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

If they had just showed this letter to the sheriff, maybe they would have recognized it. But I guess they didn't, because he wasn't. The local police in Pennsylvania, where the letter was received, charged Frank with terroristic threats. But that's a non-extraditable misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, so they couldn't bring him back to face the charge.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

If they had just showed this letter to the sheriff, maybe they would have recognized it. But I guess they didn't, because he wasn't. The local police in Pennsylvania, where the letter was received, charged Frank with terroristic threats. But that's a non-extraditable misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, so they couldn't bring him back to face the charge.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

So he's got an open warrant in Pennsylvania if he ever goes there willingly, but he probably won't. And with Sher now deceased, it doesn't seem like that's likely to amount to anything. On December 16th, 2019, Frank Sweeney was sentenced to 51 months for six counts of stalking. A few days later, his German wife posted a photo of her Christmas Eve dinner.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

So he's got an open warrant in Pennsylvania if he ever goes there willingly, but he probably won't. And with Sher now deceased, it doesn't seem like that's likely to amount to anything. On December 16th, 2019, Frank Sweeney was sentenced to 51 months for six counts of stalking. A few days later, his German wife posted a photo of her Christmas Eve dinner.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

So he's got an open warrant in Pennsylvania if he ever goes there willingly, but he probably won't. And with Sher now deceased, it doesn't seem like that's likely to amount to anything. On December 16th, 2019, Frank Sweeney was sentenced to 51 months for six counts of stalking. A few days later, his German wife posted a photo of her Christmas Eve dinner.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

A friend asked her if Frank would be celebrating with her that year. She replied that, no, Frank has been ill for several months and can't fly right now. She didn't say that he was back in federal prison for at least the fifth time. Frank Sweeney was released from prison in December of 2022.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

A friend asked her if Frank would be celebrating with her that year. She replied that, no, Frank has been ill for several months and can't fly right now. She didn't say that he was back in federal prison for at least the fifth time. Frank Sweeney was released from prison in December of 2022.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

A friend asked her if Frank would be celebrating with her that year. She replied that, no, Frank has been ill for several months and can't fly right now. She didn't say that he was back in federal prison for at least the fifth time. Frank Sweeney was released from prison in December of 2022.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I just noticed as I'm writing this that it's his 81st birthday today, but it won't be by the time you hear this. He's still in Idaho. He's still playing the violin. And he still co-owns a few Mexican hairless dogs on the show circuit in Germany.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I just noticed as I'm writing this that it's his 81st birthday today, but it won't be by the time you hear this. He's still in Idaho. He's still playing the violin. And he still co-owns a few Mexican hairless dogs on the show circuit in Germany.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I just noticed as I'm writing this that it's his 81st birthday today, but it won't be by the time you hear this. He's still in Idaho. He's still playing the violin. And he still co-owns a few Mexican hairless dogs on the show circuit in Germany.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

In that 1994 New York Times article about his prison consulting business, Frank quipped that his favorite quote was, The crime is not in the act, but in the stupidity of being caught, which he attributes to Nietzsche.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

In that 1994 New York Times article about his prison consulting business, Frank quipped that his favorite quote was, The crime is not in the act, but in the stupidity of being caught, which he attributes to Nietzsche.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

In that 1994 New York Times article about his prison consulting business, Frank quipped that his favorite quote was, The crime is not in the act, but in the stupidity of being caught, which he attributes to Nietzsche.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I think regardless of your stance on the philosophical nature of crime and punishment, though, there are better quotes from Frank's thousands of appearances in the newspaper over his six decades of crime.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I think regardless of your stance on the philosophical nature of crime and punishment, though, there are better quotes from Frank's thousands of appearances in the newspaper over his six decades of crime.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

I think regardless of your stance on the philosophical nature of crime and punishment, though, there are better quotes from Frank's thousands of appearances in the newspaper over his six decades of crime.

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

Maybe Judge H. Curtis Meaner had it right in 1981, when he cut off the bickering in the courtroom over exactly what the hell happened with Frank's mysterious South African letters about the missing spy, saying, Because we never really will unravel all the mysteries of Frank's past. He played a bit part in so many much bigger stories.