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Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Released Tuesday, 21st July 2020
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Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Joey Coyle, Philly's local legend, finds 1.2 million dollars

Tuesday, 21st July 2020
 1 person rated this episode
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Back in 1981, Joey Coyle was just a longshoreman down on his luck. Until one day, running around in the back of a Chevy Malibu with his two friends, Jed and John, he found in the streets of Philadelphia a large container that held inside 1.2 million dollars. What happened next is a remarkable story of cat and mouse, a story that became as passed down from person to person as any other Urban Legend, except this was for real. It was made into a movie starring John Cusack, Money for Nothing, which, although not quite accurate, was still a movie about one of our boys, so he was a celebrated hero. 
But what happened after he found that money? Was it good? Was it bad? And if he had never found it would he still be here to tell the tale?
Listen in as we hear about Joey Coyle and the legendary Purolator container that should have held the answers to all of his hopes and dreams but instead, became the Pandora's box that ultimately led to his demise.

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