The investigative journalist behind the hit true crime podcast documenting the extraordinary story of Nicholas Rossi has revealed more about how she…
The New Yorker archive has a fascinating interview with French serial fraudster Frédéric Bourdin and the Texas family he fooled into believing he was their missing relative. (Netflix show The Imposteralso covers this unlikely-but-true story). The trick is to mix truth and lies, Bourdin revealed. He liked to keep things simple, so when it came to choosing a new alias, he always picked names that had an association for him.