Pseudocide

By Casefile Presents

Pseudocide is a series about faking your own death. Over nine stories, a bomb explodes in a Sydney suburb; murder is afoot in Texas; a spy takes his secrets to the grave, and a nun goes ... more

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How many episodes does Pseudocide have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.

Pseudocide episodes:

October 21, 2025 Episode 6: Disclosure
What’s it like when a loved one disappears without a trace? We explore ambiguous loss, examine more recent sightings of Patrick in Mexico and share our findings with one of his good friends.
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42min
October 21, 2025 Episode 5: Doppelgänger
There’s a photo on the front page of the National Enquirer – and they’re saying it’s Patrick, sitting in a trailer park. We follow every lead for answers.
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30min
October 21, 2025 Episode 4: Dead Man Talking
There are reported sightings of Patrick in Mexico, so journalists and PIs start to investigate. We meet the people who’ve got closest to finding him. One of them says he even got a fax from Patrick’s lawyer: the guy just wants to be left alone.
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39min
October 21, 2025 Episode 3: Witness
Patrick was last seen taking a fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles. We track down a witness who shared that final voyage.
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33min
October 21, 2025 Episode 2: You Only Live Thrice
Born in Korea and adopted to the US, Patrick set his sights on Hollywood. But some people say that just before he went missing, things started to unravel for him: debts, a custody battle and a break-up. Could all this be a motive to jump ship?
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40min
October 21, 2025 Episode 1: A Star Is Born
Olivia Newton-John’s boyfriend, Patrick McDermott, vanishes – and there are rumours that he’s faked his own death. Could his relationship to Olivia hold answers about his mysterious disappearance?
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29min
October 21, 2025Episode 9: The Curious Case of the Minute’s Silence
Dublin, 2018. Fernando is playing video games at home when his boss calls with some news: supposedly, he’s died in a motorbike accident. His football league has spent the weekend mourning his death. But Fernando is very much alive, and soon his face is on the front of newspapers everywhere. Someone at Fernando’s football club has lied about him – and that lie has taken on a life of its own.

Hosted by: Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon.
Guests:
Fernando LaFuente
Luisa, Fernando’s wife

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31min
October 21, 2025Episode 8: Gotcha!
Denver, 2007. DJ and musician Clayton Counts is the ultimate prankster. He’s even baited conspiracy theorist Alex Jones with his antics. But when Clayton decides he wants to fake his own death (in a bid to get revenge on an ex-girlfriend), his friends think he’s finally gone too far.

Hosted by: Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon.
Contributors:
Adam Core, friend of Clayton
Sarah Davis, friend of Clayton
Chuck French, friend of Clayton
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42min
October 21, 2025Episode 7: Bad Habits
York, 1318. A nun is fed up with her life of poverty, chastity and obedience. So, Joan of Leeds does the obvious thing: she fakes a mortal illness and crafts an effigy “in the likeness of her body,” which is then buried by her Benedictine sisters. What life awaits Joan beyond the nunnery walls?

Hosted by: Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon.

Contributors:
Professor Sarah Rees-Jones, historian
Gary Brannan, keeper of archives
Paul Dryburgh, archivist and historian
Ellice Stevens, playwright
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38min
October 21, 2025Episode 6: Gone Guy
Houston, 2015. Ramon Sosa is driving to the supermarket when he finds out that his wife is trying to kill him. They’re going through a divorce and Lulu has decided she wants him gone. That’s when Ramon and his friend Mundo hatch a plan to catch her in the act.

Hosted by: Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon.
Contributors:
Ramon Sosa
Kelly Blackburn, case prosecutor
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48min

FAQs about Pseudocide:

How many episodes does Pseudocide have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.