About this podcast
This is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen. She owned hundreds of champion quarter horses on her ranch outside the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And she was also Dixon’s treasurer/comptroller. Yet no one ever thought to ask how she could afford all of those horses on the salary of a civil servant… until the FBI raided City Hall in 2012 and Rita was arrested. For twenty years, Rita Crundwell worked hard to become the world’s largest and most successful quarter horse…
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Crooked City: Dixon, IL
About this podcast
This is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen. She owned hundreds of champion quarter horses on her ranch outside the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And she was also Dixon’s treasurer/comptroller. Yet no one ever thought to ask how she could afford all of those horses on the salary of a civil servant… until the FBI raided City Hall in 2012 and Rita was arrested. For twenty years, Rita Crundwell worked hard to become the world’s largest and most successful quarter horse…
Recent episodes
- Dixon, IL | 8. Home Sweet Home13 Nov 2023 · 34 min
- Dixon, IL | 7. A Close Personal Relationship6 Nov 2023 · 33 min
- Dixon, IL | 6. A Good Horse is Hard to Find30 Oct 2023 · 29 min
- Dixon, IL | 5. My Kingdom for a Horse23 Oct 2023 · 33 min
- Dixon, IL | 4. A Bad Dream16 Oct 2023 · 29 min
- Dixon, IL | 3. Good I Will Be9 Oct 2023 · 30 min
- Dixon, IL | 2. Her Horses Were Her Life2 Oct 2023 · 37 min
- Dixon, IL | 1. Honesty, Integrity, and Hard Work2 Oct 2023 · 30 min
- Introducing Season 3 of Crooked City: Dixon, IL19 Sept 2023 · 2 min
- The Emerald Triangle | 10. The End of the Road2 Jan 2023 · 33 min
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