Crime & Nourishment

Sticky Maple Fingers: Episode 3 - The Slippery Barrels

Red String Media Season 1 Episode 3

It wasn’t a smash-and-grab. It was a slow drip. A barrel here, a barrel there—emptied, refilled, and stacked neatly back into place.

In Episode 3 of Sticky Maple Fingers, we return to the warehouse, where the barrels were many, the oversight was minimal, and the thieves were… very patient.

There were no cameras. No guards. And no reason to suspect that inside this fortress of syrup, water was quietly taking its place. For over a year, no one noticed. Why? Because no one was looking.

Until one inspector tapped the wrong barrel—and everything spilled out.

This episode dives into the sleepy security, the casual smuggling, and the misplaced trust that made this heist almost too easy. With fresh soundbites, new revelations, and a dash of playful suspicion, we expose the inside job that turned Canada’s liquid gold into a national embarrassment.

Someone should’ve checked the barrels.
But they didn’t.
And now… it’s too late.

🍁 Sticky Maple Fingers continues. Press play—things are slipping fast.

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