43. Le Fake: Are con artists pathological liars?

Bad People

BBC

Society & Culture, True Crime, Unknown

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When a young man claiming to be an heir to the Rockefeller estate turns up in a silver Ferrari in The Hamptons in the US, the rich and the famous invite him into their lives. Many are dazzled by his expensive lifestyle so when he offers extraordinary returns on investments, the money pours in. But Christophe is not a Rockefeller and he has no intention of investing the money. He pockets it and goes on the run from the FBI. On this episode of Bad People, hosts Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen track his unsavoury behaviour that eventually lands him in prison for “abuse of weakness” under French law. They dissect what research has to say about con-artistry and what part lying has in the schemes. CREDITS Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen Producer: Louisa Field Assistant Producer: Simona Rata Music: Matt Chandler Editor: Rami Tzabar Academic Consultants for The Open University: Dr Lara Frumkin and Dr James Munro #BadPeople_BBC Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	Hello, Gary Lednika here with Alan Shira and Michael Richards to say the match of the day top 10 podcast is back
0:07.4	We'll be ranking our footballing top 10s and debiting who is right?
0:12.1	Well, it's don't be me. Not a challenge Gary. First season wonders to goalkeeping blunders. Nothing is off the table
0:19.0	You had a few blunders in your day, didn't you Gary? Yeah
0:23.2	Match of the day top 10. Listen only on BBC sounds
0:28.7	BBC sounds music radio podcasts three two one
0:35.1	Do you know what the con in con man stands for?
0:39.5	Is it
0:41.5	confidence man
0:44.8	Confidence man confidence man. Are we talking like blind underserved confidence because
0:52.1	Then we can just shorten it to man
0:55.4	Is it a bit man-hatey right at the beginning?
0:58.4	Yes
0:59.4	Note that on this episode we will speak about abuse and there will be some strong language
1:03.5	I'm Dr. Julia Shaw criminal psychologist, and I'm Sophie Hague and stand-up comedian. This is bad people
1:11.2	I think we've done that too many times already from totally honest. I feel like we've done like three times now
1:15.4	That's too many times to do this joke
1:18.3	You can say it Sophie
1:20.3	People like it
1:21.7	This is bad people on today's episode who becomes a con artist
1:29.2	Our story starts in the Hamptons located on the northernmost tip of Long Island
1:34.0	It's a long-time favorite holiday destination of the very rich and often famous New Yorkers
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