How does a small-town comptroller steal more than $53 million and still get treated like a local success story?
Trailer for “All the Queen’s Horses”
You Can’t Make This Sh!t Up
- She stole $53 million from a tiny town…while making just $80K a year.
- In one year, she took $5.8 million from a town with only an $8–9 million total budget.
- While the town was broke and cutting police, she was secretly running a luxury horse empire and living rich in plain sight.
Watch “All the Queen’s Horses”
You can watch “All the Queen’s Horses” on Prime Video and Apple TV.
Ratings:
- My Rating: 93/100
- IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 96/100 (Users); 80/100 (Critics)
Release Date: 2017
Director’s Note: Kelly Richmond Pope directed this 70-minute documentary. It is about fraud, internal controls, whistleblowing, and the ugly human habit of trusting the wrong person for too long.
Other Unique Stuff
- Crundwell opened a secret bank account named “Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account”. It sounded official enough that no one questioned it, even though it was completely fake.
- She skipped taking vacations for years, not out of dedication, but because no one else knew how to run the books, which helped keep the fraud hidden.
Wrap Up
“All the Queen’s Horses” is the kind of story that makes you wonder how no one stopped it sooner. If you’re into massive scams hiding in plain sight, this one is a must-watch.
Thanks for reading!
Heather Fenty, Guest Writer, Daily Doc