Raining Money
December 1953: A few days before Christmas it rained money in Maple Park, Illinois, after a money sack fell off a train, burst open, and the wind scattered the bills everywhere. $26,000 in all. The honest townsfolk picked up and returned all but $890 of the money.
Chicago Tribune - Dec 24, 1953
Comments
Wanna try that again today to see what's going to happen. $26,000 isn't much in today dollars and well worth a stunt.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/12/16 at 09:12 AM
THEN $26,000
NOW $213,000
NOW $213,000
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/12/16 at 09:13 AM
Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven.
Posted by KDP on 04/12/16 at 12:48 PM
Doubt you'd get any of it back today. Falls under the finders keepers losers weeper law. 😉
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/12/16 at 03:59 PM
@Expat : I think it would be more fun to drop a few thousand ten dollar baggies of heroin over Inner City Chiraq and watch what happens.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 04/14/16 at 06:26 PM
I read once about an importer who had to dump bales of weed in order to lighten the plane because of engine trouble. It was over the ocean, so they were lost forever.
I've always wondered what it would be like if a major dealer had to dump pallets of kilos of Jamaican and bundles of $100 bills, the shrink-wrap holding them together exploding at 20,000 feet.
I've always wondered what it would be like if a major dealer had to dump pallets of kilos of Jamaican and bundles of $100 bills, the shrink-wrap holding them together exploding at 20,000 feet.
Posted by Phideaux on 04/14/16 at 07:49 PM
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Category: 1950s