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3 unusual facts about Oscar Hartzell


Oscar Hartzell

On October 11, 1930, John Maynard Keynes was arguing in an article for deficit spending to alleviate the Depression and mentioned that Queen Elizabeth had invested Drake's loot—which Drake had given to the crown—for the benefit of the country.

Hartzell and his schemes were also the subject of a play, Scam, produced at London's Riverside Studios in 2000.

According to Hartzell, in 1915 he met a couple of con artists who promised to turn his mother's $6000 into $6 million by giving him a share of the held fortune of Sir Francis Drake.



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