The Slaying of one of the Biggest Robber Barons, Diamond Jim Fisk

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeApr 24, 202523m

The Slaying of one of the Biggest Robber Barons, Diamond Jim Fisk

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeApr 24, 202523m

Big Jim or Diamond Jim – those were names for the legendary Gilded Age robber baron Jim Fisk. He caused the gold crisis collapse after fooling President Ulysses Grant and stole millions from Cornelius Vanderbilt. A lover’s triangle, at age 37, would lead to his untimely end

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