Redstamp History: credits and sources

Charles Ponzi Didn't Invent the Ponzi Scheme — But Took In $1M a Week

Credits and sources for this video.

Images (11)

• IRC-Image002
  Serge1958. CC0.
• IRC-Image009
  Serge1958. CC0.
• C.W. Barron, Editor, Wall St. Journal LOC npcc.05462
  National Photo Company Collection. Public domain.
• Charles Ponzi mug shot
  US Goverment. Public domain.
• Charles Ponzi, inmate identification record no. 3113, US Penitentiary, Atlanta, 1910
  U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Atlanta penitentiary (National Archives at Atlanta). Public domain.
• Chas. Ponzi LCCN2014711137
  Bain News Service, publisher. Public domain.
• Chief Justice Taft LOC npcc.05821
  National Photo Company Collection. Public domain.
• Don't Be Ponzied
  Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Public domain.
• Parker House and School Street, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-68820)
  Scan by NYPL. Public domain.
• Post Office Square, Boston, June 1920, by Leon Abdalian, from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth fj236m903
  Leon Abdalian. Public domain.
• Taft swearing in as Chief Justice LCCN2016822749
  National Photo Company Collection. Public domain.

Thumbnail

• IRC-Image002
  Serge1958. CC0, cropped, modified.
• Chas. Ponzi LCCN2014711137
  Bain News Service, publisher. Public domain, cropped.

Music

• Score composed for this channel with ElevenLabs Music
  ElevenLabs Music, paid plan with commercial use.

Sources (23)

• Cunningham v. Brown, 265 U.S. 1 (1924), opinion of Chief Justice William Howard Taft, Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
  law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/265/1
• Francis Russell, "Bubble, Bubble—No Toil, No Trouble", American Heritage, vol. 24, no. 2, 1973
  americanheritage.com/bubble-bubble-no-toil-no-trouble
• "Ponzi's Scheme depicts 1920s con man as self-deluded charmer", BU Bridge (Boston University), 25 March 2005, interview with Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Ponzi's Scheme (Random House, 2005)
  bu.edu/bridge/archive/2005/03-25/zuckoff.html
• Dean Jobb, "Fraud of the Century: The Ponzi Scheme, 100 Years Later", CrimeReads, 2020
  crimereads.com/fraud-of-the-century-the-ponzi-scheme-100-years-later
• "When Ponzi's Bubble Burst", Prologue, National Archives (NARA), summer 2010
  archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/summer/ponzi-inmate-case-file
• "Charles Ponzi: the irresistible criminal", Treasury Today
  treasurytoday.com/perspectives/charles-ponzi-the-irresistible-criminal
• "5 Facts About Charles Ponzi and the Original Ponzi Scheme", Mental Floss
  mentalfloss.com/crime/charles-ponzi-scheme-facts
• "The Ladies' Deposit: The 19th-Century Ponzi Scheme by Women, for Women", Mental Floss
  mentalfloss.com/crime/ladies-deposit-19th-century-ponzi-scheme-women-women
• "William Miller, the Original Schemer", TIME (Top 10 Swindlers), 2011
  content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2104982_2104983_2104992,00.html
• "Ponzi Schemes Have Colorful History", NPR, 17 December 2008 (transcription)
  npr.org/transcripts/98369762
• "Ponzi now in jail — broke, he says", The County Record (Kingstree, South Carolina), 19 August 1920, p. 1 (Boston dispatch of 14 August), South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (Chronicling America)
  historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/sn93067841/1920-08-19/ed-1/seq-1/ocr
• "Think crash of Ponzi dealings now complete", Omaha Daily Bee, 16 August 1920, p. 2, Nebraska Newspapers (Chronicling America)
  nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1920-08-16/ed-1/seq-2/ocr
• "The history of the Ponzi scheme", Law Society Gazette (UK)
  lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/the-history-of-the-ponzi-scheme/50000.article
• "International Reply Coupons (IRCs)", Universal Postal Union
  upu.int/en/universal-postal-union/activities/philately-ircs/international-reply-coupons-ircs
• "The international reply coupon turns 100", Post & Parcel, 2007
  postandparcel.info/19101/news/the-international-reply-coupon-turns-100
• "Alcuni casi 'storici'", Consob (Italian markets authority)
  consob.it/web/investor-education/alcuni-casi-storici-
• Wikipedia (en), "Charles Ponzi"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi
• Wikipedia (en), "Sarah Howe (fraudster)"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Howe_(fraudster)
• "Ponzi Scheme", Investor.gov (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
  investor.gov/protect-your-investments/fraud/types-fraud/ponzi-scheme
• "The Rise and Fall of Charles Ponzi", History Hit
  historyhit.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-charles-ponzi-how-a-pyramid-scheme-changed-the-face-of-finance-forever
• "Ponzi Schemes Are Revealed as Investment Frauds", EBSCO Research Starters
  ebsco.com/research-starters/law/ponzi-schemes-are-revealed-investment-frauds
• "Ponzi Cheats Thousands in an Investment Scheme", EBSCO Research Starters
  ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/ponzi-cheats-thousands-investment-scheme
• Charles Ponzi, The Rise of Mr. Ponzi (memoir, 1935), excerpt "Finding Your Calling", Lapham's Quarterly
  laphamsquarterly.org/node/4701

Notes

Maps, streets, paper cut-outs and silhouettes are drawn in code; the passages that look like old film are photographs.