What would it take to end your life?

But without literally dying.

The concept of pseudocide or faking your own death is so extreme, you must be running

from something really terrible to do it.

Actually, it's not so much terrible as probably criminal, a way to escape liability, responsibility,

or even prison.

But before you fake it, you better make sure you can make it without ever being found.

Because no matter what your reason for telling the world you're gone, sometimes being fake

dead is the only way to live.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Podcast.

I'm Ash and I'm Alaina.

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

crimes, all picked by the Podcast Research Gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten fake deaths and double lives.

Speaking of double lives is my ex on this list, but I'm ch-

You know, like for some reason I feel like the Podcast Research Gods may have missed

him.

But anyway, that was a really good intro.

I'm on a roll today.

You are.

You are.

It was a good intro.

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