Geraldo Rivera Found Trump's Secret Vault

[Effete Snob]

And they’re going to open it live!



For the young ‘uns… this was a hugely hyped media event in 1986

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Al_Capone%27s_Vaults

The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986, and hosted by Geraldo Rivera. It centered on the live opening of a walled-off underground room in the Lexington Hotel in Chicago once owned by noted crime lord Al Capone

[Docreed2003]

1. Lmao "for the young uns"...I forget I'm not "young"

I was in elementary school when this happened. It was such a huge event and my parents were locked in watching the reveal. I'm pretty sure Dad was taping it on the VCR. I went to bed before the end of the show and I can still remember the disgust on my dad's face the next day. 🤣

[Effete Snob]

2. Lol

It was just awful.

Funny though… nobody knew what was in there, but nothing was certainly a possibility.

We always seem to want to think that, somewhere in the unknown there is something amazing to be found. Once in a while that’s true. But most of the time it’s like the advent calendar in Bad Santa:

[lunatica]

3. Geraldo was drooling in excitement

Beside himself with glee! People hated him after that and he’s never recovered. Was it it soon afterwards that someone threw a chair at him on live tv?

[Effete Snob]

4. 1988

Geraldo pioneered “Let’s see if the Nazi’s have anything interesting to say” television: