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When Beanie Babies hit the scene in 1993, the original line of stuffed toys featured nine characters -- but that number would grow to hundreds. The brainchild of Ty Warner, and made by his company, Ty Inc., they were one of the hottest toys of the 1990s -- but they also inspired an underground economy that dealt in fraud and many, many thefts.

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Chapters

1. Mayhem, Madness, and Marshmallow the Bunny: When the World Lost Its Mind Over Beanie Babies (00:00:00)

2. Criminalia Cocktails (00:29:39)

290 episodes