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Aug 4
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He's Faking His Cancer - The Glenn Rycro...

Ray William Johnson
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Glenn Rycroft—a former British Airways steward from Salford and a prolific con artist—spent years fooling family, friends, and co-workers into donating money by fabricating a terminal brain tumor, shaving his head, faking seizures, and even using fake medical documents to support his lies

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