San Marino, CA | This story makes the Netflix series “Inventing Anna” look like amateur hour.  The con artist that set up shop in the picturesque city of San Marino in the early 80’s fooled just about everyone he met.  But the truth would eventually unravel after an unexpected find nearly a decade later in a neighborhood backyard.

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Our top sources for this episode include:
-Branson-Potts, H. (2013, August 15). Rockefeller impostor gets 27-to-life for San Marino man’s murder. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-aug-15-la-me-rockefeller-sentencing-20130816-story.html
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