Beth Karas
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And now he's in Utah facing these rape charges. So that's a fascinating story. But also... That's so fascinating. Yeah, that was the third episode. I just saw that on the list. But there was another man whose case I covered in 2009 in Boston. He had kidnapped his daughter when he was having his first supervised visit with her after divorcing the mother. They had one child, and she was like four.
Mm-hmm. This is a man who called himself a Rockefeller for 10 years or so, married a Harvard Business graduate woman who believed her husband was a Rockefeller. She dated him, then they married. And he was actually somebody who had come from Germany years earlier as an exchange student when he was 18, and he lived in Berlin, Connecticut.
Mm-hmm. This is a man who called himself a Rockefeller for 10 years or so, married a Harvard Business graduate woman who believed her husband was a Rockefeller. She dated him, then they married. And he was actually somebody who had come from Germany years earlier as an exchange student when he was 18, and he lived in Berlin, Connecticut.
Mm-hmm. This is a man who called himself a Rockefeller for 10 years or so, married a Harvard Business graduate woman who believed her husband was a Rockefeller. She dated him, then they married. And he was actually somebody who had come from Germany years earlier as an exchange student when he was 18, and he lived in Berlin, Connecticut.
German, loved the Gilligan's Island show and learned how to speak with the accent of Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. You're too young, but some of your listeners, your viewers will know what I'm talking about. And he took on this affect. Anyway, he goes eventually to – California and takes on an identity claiming he's a relative of Lord Mountbatten.
German, loved the Gilligan's Island show and learned how to speak with the accent of Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. You're too young, but some of your listeners, your viewers will know what I'm talking about. And he took on this affect. Anyway, he goes eventually to – California and takes on an identity claiming he's a relative of Lord Mountbatten.
German, loved the Gilligan's Island show and learned how to speak with the accent of Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. You're too young, but some of your listeners, your viewers will know what I'm talking about. And he took on this affect. Anyway, he goes eventually to – California and takes on an identity claiming he's a relative of Lord Mountbatten.
He actually has a public access show for a little while claiming to go to school at USC film school or something. He had a public access show. Anyway, he murders somebody in Pasadena area in California and flees and goes underground and surfaces in Connecticut under a different name and then goes underground and surfaces as Clark Rockefeller. So this guy
He actually has a public access show for a little while claiming to go to school at USC film school or something. He had a public access show. Anyway, he murders somebody in Pasadena area in California and flees and goes underground and surfaces in Connecticut under a different name and then goes underground and surfaces as Clark Rockefeller. So this guy
He actually has a public access show for a little while claiming to go to school at USC film school or something. He had a public access show. Anyway, he murders somebody in Pasadena area in California and flees and goes underground and surfaces in Connecticut under a different name and then goes underground and surfaces as Clark Rockefeller. So this guy
He's murdered, at least one he's convicted of now, today. But I covered a case, his kidnapping, before he was indicted for murder. It's like a crazy story. There's been a book about him, maybe a couple documentaries. I don't know if there's been a movie about him, but Clark Rockefeller, his real name is Christian Carl Gerhardt's writer.
He's murdered, at least one he's convicted of now, today. But I covered a case, his kidnapping, before he was indicted for murder. It's like a crazy story. There's been a book about him, maybe a couple documentaries. I don't know if there's been a movie about him, but Clark Rockefeller, his real name is Christian Carl Gerhardt's writer.
He's murdered, at least one he's convicted of now, today. But I covered a case, his kidnapping, before he was indicted for murder. It's like a crazy story. There's been a book about him, maybe a couple documentaries. I don't know if there's been a movie about him, but Clark Rockefeller, his real name is Christian Carl Gerhardt's writer.
He's one of my favorite defendants because I was like, he became like an art expert, but he was dealing in fraudulent art, like fake art. He had this Harvard Business School educated woman fooled for a decade because when he kidnapped their child and the FBI was questioning her, they're like, where does your husband keep his money? Where's his bank? He says his money's tied up in family issues.
He's one of my favorite defendants because I was like, he became like an art expert, but he was dealing in fraudulent art, like fake art. He had this Harvard Business School educated woman fooled for a decade because when he kidnapped their child and the FBI was questioning her, they're like, where does your husband keep his money? Where's his bank? He says his money's tied up in family issues.
He's one of my favorite defendants because I was like, he became like an art expert, but he was dealing in fraudulent art, like fake art. He had this Harvard Business School educated woman fooled for a decade because when he kidnapped their child and the FBI was questioning her, they're like, where does your husband keep his money? Where's his bank? He says his money's tied up in family issues.
I don't know. I don't know. Well, what's his social security number? I don't know. What about his driver's license? Do you have his driver's license number? No, he doesn't have one. She knew nothing about her husband. She was the breadwinner. And they would eat at, like, private clubs in New York. He never wanted to go out in public because he was a well-wanted man. It's a crazy story.
I don't know. I don't know. Well, what's his social security number? I don't know. What about his driver's license? Do you have his driver's license number? No, he doesn't have one. She knew nothing about her husband. She was the breadwinner. And they would eat at, like, private clubs in New York. He never wanted to go out in public because he was a well-wanted man. It's a crazy story.
I don't know. I don't know. Well, what's his social security number? I don't know. What about his driver's license? Do you have his driver's license number? No, he doesn't have one. She knew nothing about her husband. She was the breadwinner. And they would eat at, like, private clubs in New York. He never wanted to go out in public because he was a well-wanted man. It's a crazy story.
I'm just so – to be fair, though, I don't know my partner's social security number or his license number. Fair enough. But she was married. I don't know if you're married. No, I'm not.