The Empty Barrel That Shouldn't Be: Inside a Paper Heist
The Empty Barrel That Shouldn't Be: Inside a Paper Heist
Fear and fascination collide the moment a condemned barrel stamped W-4471 is found full at 5:53 a.m. on August 9, 2017 - even though records show it was empty and slated for disposal; who engineered months of paperwork to turn bonded bourbon into a phantom inventory? What skill and patience did it take to rewrite a warehouse's books without tripping a single alarm?
In this episode, we follow the discovery, the people on duty, and the paperwork that didn’t add up, tracing how routine manifests and weight tickets hid a discrepancy that…
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