Dixon, IL | 5. My Kingdom for a Horse

Crooked City: Dixon, IL

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Rita Crundwell’s 30-year crime spree comes to an end and Dixon finds out just how much she stole. As the city blames its beloved mayor, Jim Burke struggles to pick up the pieces. Unlock all episodes of Crooked City: Dixon, IL, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Crooked City show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A truth.media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why are you listening to this podcast?
0:02.0	When there are puddles to be jumped in?
0:05.0	Come on, let's get outside and take on autumn.
0:09.0	All we need is a pair of valleys in a pot of pet tea for lo!
0:14.0	It's made with calcium and put him in de for immune support.
0:18.6	My mom says healthy mischief needs healthy bones.
0:23.0	And seeing those best, most of the time.
0:27.0	Take on autumn with Patty Thalou.
0:30.0	The bench.
0:38.8	Okay, we are on South Hennepin and first.
0:48.0	This is one of those towns like you can almost imagine the horse and carts riding down Main Street, right? It looks so much like an old west town.
0:51.0	The Dixon Theater, this is where Ronald Reagan came for his
0:57.8	the premiere, his movie premiere. When you visit Dixon, everywhere you walk, you're reminded that Ronald Reagan grew up here by the many plaques on buildings that he frequented as a young man.
1:12.0	Oh, I think, oh yeah, this is where Ronald Reagan went to church.
1:16.0	Yeah, first Christian church.
1:19.0	Like the one on the church, just around the corner from City Hall, where young Reagan taught
1:24.3	Sunday school and his mom sang in the choir.
1:27.0	Dixon has changed a lot since then but in many ways it hasn't changed at all.
1:31.5	What I'm really referring to are the values and traditions. In many ways it hasn't changed at all.
1:32.5	What I'm really referring to are the values and traditions that made America great.
1:37.5	Reagan is everywhere, reminding the people of Dixon of who they are and what their town stands for.
1:46.4	But in early April 2012, a lot changed here in Dixon, because this is when the city discovered that for more than 20 years they had
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