The $25 Check That Ruined Jerry Springer’s Political Career

Long before trash TV titan Jerry Springer hosted 4,969 episodes of “The Jerry Springer Show,” he was a beloved politician in Cincinnati. But on April 29, 1974, his political ambitions came to a halt over a check his career couldn’t cash. 

Writer/Producer/Editor/Narrator: Greg Ott
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