Season 2 - Episode 8: Great Con Men of History - Part 2 of 2. Pass the Loot!

<p>PTL - People that Love! &nbsp;PTL - Praise the Lord! &nbsp;</p> <p>Or -PTL - Pass the Loot. &nbsp;If you were alive in 1980s' in the US, you would hear the words of Jim and Tammy Bakker on the PTL network. &nbsp;According to Jim Bakker - PTL stood for People that Love or Praise the Lord. &nbsp;But as investigations into the financial improprieties of the PTL network learned, much of the monies that were intended for use for religious matters were diverted to the pocketbooks of Jim and Tammy Bakker - the leaders of PTL. &nbsp;Finally, in 1987, it was disclosed that Jim Bakker paid $279,000.00 to a church secretary as hush money for sexual improprieties. &nbsp;The televangelist world of high-profile churches would never be the same. &nbsp;</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gene-tausk/message