Episode 2 of the HBO show introduced viewers to Colombo—but did not reveal the tragic turn his life took while he was involved in the McDonald's Monopoly scam.
Episode 2, available to view now on HBO Go and Now, true crimes fans met the family of Jerry Colombo, the second Jerry involved in the McDonald's Monopoly scam. However, the episode did not tell his full story, including what happened to him in 1998 while he was working with Jerry Jacobson.
From that point, the pair began working together, with Jacobson giving Colombo a Dodge Viper game piece in late 1995. In a winter commercial that year for McDonald's, Colombo can be seen holding a giant prop car key, though he ended up taking a cash prize instead due to being too big to fit in the car.After this date, a number of the family and friends of Colombo started winning the big prizes.
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