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In May 2024, Graceland was 24 hours from foreclosure—all because of a forged signature from a woman who'd been dead for 18 months.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, a 54-year-old con artist from Missouri, nearly stole Elvis Presley's mansion using fake companies, burner phones, and Microsoft Word in a $2.85M extortion attempt that shocked Memphis.
Host Steve Rhode shares his personal connection to Elvis's death, then unravels how Findley impersonated three different people in panicked emails to CBS News, created companies 6 years after they supposedly made loans, and was still shredding evidence when the FBI knocked on her door.
From fake cancer diagnoses to claiming Nigerian scammers framed her, this case reveals what happens when decades of small cons escalate into one massive delusion.
Because this isn't fiction. It's True Crime Cases You Haven't Heard.
Features exclusive analysis from the series' criminologist on the psychology of fraud, plus a bonus conversation exploring how someone convinces themselves they can steal an American icon.
Episode highlights:
All details from court documents, official records, and sworn testimony.
You can download case files on the show episode page at TrueCrimeUnheard.com.
By Steve Rhode | Host of the True Crime PodcastIn May 2024, Graceland was 24 hours from foreclosure—all because of a forged signature from a woman who'd been dead for 18 months.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, a 54-year-old con artist from Missouri, nearly stole Elvis Presley's mansion using fake companies, burner phones, and Microsoft Word in a $2.85M extortion attempt that shocked Memphis.
Host Steve Rhode shares his personal connection to Elvis's death, then unravels how Findley impersonated three different people in panicked emails to CBS News, created companies 6 years after they supposedly made loans, and was still shredding evidence when the FBI knocked on her door.
From fake cancer diagnoses to claiming Nigerian scammers framed her, this case reveals what happens when decades of small cons escalate into one massive delusion.
Because this isn't fiction. It's True Crime Cases You Haven't Heard.
Features exclusive analysis from the series' criminologist on the psychology of fraud, plus a bonus conversation exploring how someone convinces themselves they can steal an American icon.
Episode highlights:
All details from court documents, official records, and sworn testimony.
You can download case files on the show episode page at TrueCrimeUnheard.com.