How To Fake Your Death …and Not Get Away...

The City of Everglade City was founded by smugglers, so it should be no surprise that a century later, the locals kept that tradition going. Only by then, they'd moved on to pot smuggling. It was a highly lucrative profession, far more than fishing or crabbing, but pot smuggling ... Show More

Maps are beautiful, functional works of art. Even the most utilitarian paper map has its charms. But when a map has historical value, it can fetch an incredible amount. Which, of course, makes them catnip for crimers. Come navigate the world of fake maps, stolen maps, collectors, ... Show More

The police of Philadelphia were flummoxed by a new crime trend. As the crime statistics in the city were falling, one category of crime was spiking. And it was all thanks to a crew of beef pirates. The bucaneers of the tri-state area were constantly hitting big rigs and making of ... Show More

Faking your death is so extreme you must be running from something criminal to do it. Ash and Alaina call out the fakers who tried to escape liability, responsibility, and prison by “dying” or becoming someone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho ... Show More

People have faked death to escape criminal convictions, debts, and their spouses. In 2007, a man named Amir Vehabovic faked his death just to see who showed up at the funeral (answer: only his mom). John Darwin faked his own death in a canoeing accident in the UK. And the ex-boyf ... Show More

In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we take a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. i ... Show More

Howard goes underground and emerges as Gary Tredway. He gets married. There are dangerously close calls, but he gets away with it for decades -- until a reporter uncovers the truth. 

For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand projected the image of a brilliant doctor, savvy investor, and loving family man. In reality, he was a con man whose lies would be exposed in 1993 after a spree killing that shocked the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice ... Show More

This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A former lawyer for the Chicago mob who bribed judges and helped killers walk free goes undercover with the FBI to expose the city’s corruption. Jake Halpern, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of the podcast “Deep Cover,” join ... Show More

Get rich quick schemes have been around forever. But one con man not only made history, but became a household name. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In a span of five years, Frank Abagnale Jr. took on various identities: airline pilot, pediatrician, lawyer. He had perfected the art of counterfeiting… until eventually, the law caught up with him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

A handsome young international playboy, a middle-aged salesman and a doctor cooked up a million-dollar insurance scam involving a faked death. But when they couldn't find a cadaver, they had to go out and get their own... Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here du ... Show More