STARTING OUT Weiss got his start at the Hartford Courant, covering small-town Connecticut. He later moved to a wire service in Washington, D.C., where his role was “business editor of some kind.” That ...

STATEN ISLAND ,N.Y. -- “Crazy Eddie, his prices are IN-SA-A-A-A-NE!” Many people bought their first stereos and other electronics at Crazy Eddie’s, which was located in the Richmond Avenue Shopping ...

Three decades after it collapsed under the immense weight of a historic securities fraud, the true-life legend of consumer-electronics king "Crazy Eddie" Antar is still embedded in the popular culture ...

The retail electronics chain was famous for its loud and goofy commercials featuring radio DJ-turned-pitchman Jerry Carroll waving and hamming it up. Updated 992 days ago ...

(JTA) — Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discount stores in the New York of the 1970s with unforgettably loud TV commercials, a ...

New Yorkers are trying to kill the invasive creatures, but their efforts may be futile. By James Barron In “Retail Gangster,” Gary Weiss explores the life and sketchy business practices of Eddie Antar ...

Author Gary Weiss joins the podcast to talk about this colorful stock scam. Founded by Eddie Antar, Crazy Eddie was a chain of consumer electronic stores in the Northeast. After going public in the ...

Eddie Antar was an entrepreneur who realized the highs of business success as well as the lows of fraud and running from authorities. You might not recognize his name, but if you were alive in the ...

Note: Before a 33-year career in journalism, reporter William Westhoven spent seven years working for Crazy Eddie, finishing as a store manager in 1987. He previously broke the news of Eddie Antar's ...

If you lived in New Jersey or New York in the 1980s, it would be hard to forget “Crazy Eddie.” The retail electronics chain was famous for its loud and goofy commercials featuring radio ...