A small town with a UFO landing pad becomes the epicenter of a global gold rush that turned into a $6 billion scam.
As heard by us
A scam story where local lore, stock fever, and belief all start to look expensive.
The piece moves from St. Paul's UFO lore into the stranger machinery of belief around Bre-X, where rumor, investor appetite, and press-release certainty start feeding each other.
Why you'd press play
For when a prairie UFO legend gives way to a gold rush and then to stock-market frenzy.
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