“A good liar uses the truth”-Frédéric Bourdin

Would you recognize your own brother three years after he disappeared? Your own son? Would you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the teenager standing before you with a different accent, different colored eyes, was the same boy that never came home from a neighborhood basketball game? This week, Emily tells us all about the disappearance of Nicholas Barclay and the infamous imposter who pulled off a crazy scheme.

Sources + shoutouts for today's episode:

Online:

https://www.history101.com/disturbing-true-story-nicholas-barcla/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann