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The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age
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Well-researched and well-written, the author’s note indicates that The Imposter Heiress is a work of nonfiction but it reads like historical fiction. What follows is a fascinating account of a female con artist and her wealthy, upper-class victims.
For years, Cassie Chadwick convinced the same men to repeatedly loan her enormous sums of money, and they continually bought her lies of ‘repayment coming soon,’ only to loan her MORE money.
“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝.”
Yet payment never came. She outwitted these men for years. YEARS! And they kept giving her money! Like, you need $300? Let me give you $1000! You need $1500? I’ll give you $10,000!
“𝐃𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧!”
How could it be so?? Cassie was either the smartest woman ever or they were the dumbest men ever. I mean, no one ever thought to stop giving her money or to take possession of some of her property as payment or, I don’t know, go to the police?? I mean, one man loaned her so much of his own personal money that he was left with only $11 in his bank account! What?! But Cassie was betting on that - she knew that they would want to avoid the embarrassment brought on themselves if anyone knew of their participation in her con.
Fascinating. A truly fascinating true crime story.
I have no idea how she did it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
For years, Cassie Chadwick convinced the same men to repeatedly loan her enormous sums of money, and they continually bought her lies of ‘repayment coming soon,’ only to loan her MORE money.
“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝.”
Yet payment never came. She outwitted these men for years. YEARS! And they kept giving her money! Like, you need $300? Let me give you $1000! You need $1500? I’ll give you $10,000!
“𝐃𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧!”
How could it be so?? Cassie was either the smartest woman ever or they were the dumbest men ever. I mean, no one ever thought to stop giving her money or to take possession of some of her property as payment or, I don’t know, go to the police?? I mean, one man loaned her so much of his own personal money that he was left with only $11 in his bank account! What?! But Cassie was betting on that - she knew that they would want to avoid the embarrassment brought on themselves if anyone knew of their participation in her con.
Fascinating. A truly fascinating true crime story.
I have no idea how she did it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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