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	Podcast:		Ridiculous History
	Episode:		The Dumbest Mobster Ever Tried To Steal Ruby Slippers
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:40:23
	Publish Date:		2025-10-09 11:00:00
	Description:		There are few pieces of film history more iconic than Dorothy's magic ruby slippers from 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Yet, at first, the studio had no idea how valuable these would become. The multiple pairs of slippers languished in obscurity until costume department worker named Kent Warner launched a mission to save them. Yet the story doesn't stop there: as Ben, Noel and Max learn in today's episode, one of history's dumbest mobsters actually stole the shoes... because he mistakenly believed they were covered in actual rubies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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