Episode 103: Rosie Ruiz Runs Amok

As a marathon runner herself, Karen explores the bizarre story of Cuban-American fraudster Rosie Ruiz who was the Boston Marathon's women's division winner in 1980, until she wasn't. After she ran amok at the Boston, she moved to South Florida where she was arrested on drug-trafficking charges. Eventually she died in Lake Worth Beach in 2019 at the age of 66.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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As a marathon runner herself, Karen explores the bizarre story of Cuban-American fraudster Rosie Ruiz who was the Boston Marathon's women's division winner in 1980, until she wasn't. After she ran amok at the Boston, she moved to South Florida where she was arrested on drug-trafficking charges. Eventually she died in Lake Worth Beach in 2019 at the age of 66. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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