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How many times have we seen it\u2014a rich and/or powerful person gets in some kind of hot water, and all it takes is a quick \u201cDo you know who I AM?\u201d to fix it? I don\u2019t really get why people are so dazzled by money and pedigree, but it seems to be a constant theme throughout history\u2014and it\u2019s as alive today as it\u2019s ever been. So it\u2019s not a big surprise that some people who lack money and connections decide to fake them, and do so with great success. Learn the right way to dress, the right names to drop, the right places to go, and you might just sneak your way into the club. A skilled con artist can rise pretty high if they know what they\u2019re doing. And some of them are so determined to run with the cool kids that they\u2019re willing to murder anybody who gets in their way. Join us for the story of one of the strangest cons in American history\u2014a tale of fraud, murder, kidnapping, and fake identities that spanned more than thirty years.

Sources:
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal
Investigation Discovery's "Vanity Fair Confidential," episode "The Sinister Mr. Rockefeller"
Investigation Discovery's "Deadly Rich," episode "I Am Clark Rockefeller"
Unsolved Mysteries, season 7, episode 11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gerhartsreiter

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