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It was mentioned as a book based on an Atlantic article about the illegal truffle market, detailing the dangers and criminal activity surrounding it.
The Truffle Underground, colon, A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus.
— Episode: Truffles: Underground Treasures
Episode: Truffles: Underground Treasures
It was mentioned as a book based on an Atlantic article about the illegal truffle market, detailing the dangers and criminal activity surrounding it.
The Truffle Underground, colon, A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus.
whether it's poisoning truffle dogs or blowing up someone's car or heisting and robbing people of their truffle take.
Or selling fraudulent fake stuff.
That's how one thing they would do is try and cram dirt into crevices to make them heavier.
Trying to sell diseased, like wormed out truffles and stuff like that.
Episode: Truffles: Underground Treasures
It was mentioned as a book about the illegal and shady side of the truffle market, covering everything from truffle dog poisonings to car bombings.
The Truffle Underground, colon, A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus.
Episode: Truffles: Underground Treasures
It was discussed in the context of the illegal truffle market and its criminal elements, like poisoning truffle dogs, car bombings, and truffle theft.
He called his friend in the UK, he was like, hey, is there a story here? And he was like, not really. He said, but if you really want a crime story, look at truffles.
So this guy looked at the truffle, underground truffle market and wrote this article that turned into a book called The Truffle Underground, colon, A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus.