It’s the holiday season and that can only mean one thing: Fruitcake! Either you love it or you regift it, everyone has a strong opinion. The divide over nutty, fruity cakes isn’t the mystery that we are discussing today. What happened when bakery employee Sandy Jenkins had champagne wishes and caviar dreams but only a fruitcake budget? Find out in Episode 8: Fruitcake Mystery. You don’t want to miss the twists and turns of this sweet swindle.

For today’s episode Katie used the following sources:

Southern Living Japanese Fruitcake Recipe: https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/japanese-fruitcake-recipe

The brilliant reporting of Katy Vine for Texas Monthly in an article entitled ‘Just Desserts’

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/just-desserts/

An article from the Washington Post entitled ‘A Letter from the Collin Street Bakery’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/17/letter-from-the-Collin-street-bakery/d7f96d22-0e01-4884-9ee5-c548d6fff7b5/

An article from the Corsicana Daily Sun

https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/sandy-jenkins-gets-10-years-prison-probation-for-wife-kay/article_ae1a73b0-5c9d-11e5-a527-9baff4805c5f.html

An article from the Fort Worth Business Press

https://fortworthbusiness.com/featured/fruitcake-crime-spice-up-a-small-texas-town-in-documentary-with-local-ties/

A press release from the FBI’s US Attorney’s Office

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/former-Collin-street-bakery-executive-and-wife-sentenced

An article from Dallas Reports.com

https://www.dallasreports.com/documentary-tells-story-of-fraud-at-fruitcake-bakery-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth/