Fraud Week: Unraveling the Mystery of Ed Shin's True Identity, and Chris Smith's Disappearance, with Matt Murphy | Ep. 815

The Megyn Kelly Show

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News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.4 • 38.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

It's Fraud Week on the Megyn Kelly Show, and now we turn to the story of Ed Shin and Chris Smith, with the prosecutor in the case, Matt Murphy, author of "The Book of Murder." Matt and Megyn discuss Shin's past financial crimes, Shin's double life involving gambling and more, Shin's relationships with his business partner Chris Smith, the mysterious circumstances of Smith's disappearance, the strange emails Smith sent to his family for months, how Shin eventually was caught, the evidence that he had something to do with Smith's disappearance, what the motive may have been, where Shin may have disposed of Smith's body, the moment in the trial he was able to grill Shin on the stand, the key moment that was crucial to getting Shin convicted, how great at lying Shin and other fraudsters are, why Shin will never admit the truth because of California's "crazy" legislature, and more. Murphy- https://www.thebookofmurder.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Serious XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly.
0:13.6	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show and Fraud Week.
0:17.2	It was the vacation of a lifetime.
0:19.8	Chris Smith was leaving his successful yet stressful business career behind for the open sea and a
0:25.8	chartered yacht.
0:27.5	He emailed his family to tell them the news.
0:30.2	He would keep them updated for a while, but then nothing.
0:34.0	The email stopped, the calls, no.
0:37.0	And no, Chris.
0:38.0	Our guest, Matt Murphy, has an in-depth knowledge of this particular case.
0:43.0	He spent 17 years as a senior deputy district attorney
0:46.8	in the Orange County Homicide Unit
0:49.2	and successfully prosecuted dozens of cases,
0:51.3	including this one back in 2018.
0:54.6	His forthcoming book is called The Book of Murder,
0:57.7	a prosecutor's journey through love and death.
1:00.6	And it's out in September and available for pre-order right now.
1:03.6	That's my kind of book. I'm definitely ordering and reading that. I recommend you do the same.
1:08.8	Matt, welcome to the show.
1:12.0	Happy to be here.
1:13.0	Yeah, happy to have you.
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