21 of the Wildest Cons in History
From fake relics to fake princesses to medical fraud involving goat testicles, history is rife with con jobs that managed to fool unsuspecting marks.
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From fake relics to fake princesses to medical fraud involving goat testicles, history is rife with con jobs that managed to fool unsuspecting marks.
investigators to prove that this mysterious conman was also a killer. but was the case as clear-cut as it seemed? >> there was no motive. there was no reason he would have done this. >> for the first time, hear from the detectives who helped crack this puzzling case and from his ex-wife. >> i thought he was very intelligent, funny, very charming. >> for decades, he got away with a web of lies. would he also get away with murder? >> i can fib, certainly, but i have never hurt anyone. >> tonight the mystery of the man with so many faces. i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline," behind ...
Prosecutors believe happened, it's about what they can prove at trial. and that's the issue here. the only evidence they really have is this bag of bones found in the house where he -- gregg: in the backyard. >> in the backyard of a house where he used to live with the emblem of the university where he used to attend. gregg: right. >> that's really it. gregg: you know what, if i'm the defense attorney i'm going to say, that is not john sohus, there is no dna evidence of it, because sohus was adopted and nobody knew who his parents were. there is no dna evidence here to even show that that is s...
Is presiding. remember the fake rockefeller the german conman who spent years pretending to be a member of a wealthy family, the rockefeller family. his ex-wife took the witness stand in his murder trial and said she too was fooled. sandra boss is her name, a top business analyst with mckenzie a company, he told her and convinced her he was estranged from his family and in receipt stroe specht she didn't believe she fell for his lies. he is charged with murdering and cutting up the body of john sohus in 1985 and burying his body in the victim's backyard. back to our lawyers, faith, you know, i...
0 disturbing behavior. i have now reached the conclusion that coach rice cannot continue to serve in a position that demand the highest levels of responsibility and public accountability. he cannot continue to coach at rutgers university. we have determine natured his phraeuplt at rutgers. rice has supporters. one former player says the coach went overboard but no one was scared of him. saying quote, we didn't fear him, we just understood him. governor chris ties tee of new jersey released a statement saying that this was regrettable but he understands the decision to remove coach rice, it was...