Maya Angelou once said to Oprah Winfrey,

when people show you who they are, believe them.

Unless, of course, they are one of the infamous imposters on today's countdown.

These people looked and dressed the part of one person, but it was all a lie.

From a 17th century princess to a modern day pretend member of the Rockefeller family,

these imposters were daring and creative and almost got away with it.

And one person near the top of our list may have pulled off the greatest hoax of all time.

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

I'm Ash, and I'm Alena. Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's

most engaging, and then settling crimes all picked by the podcast Research Gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten most infamous imposters.

So the first thing that came to mind when I heard, you know, imposters or infamous imposters,

especially was that movie with Leo, you know, Leonardo DiCaprio ever heard of him.

It was catch me if you can. It is, remember that one? Always on Bravo.

I've seen it. It is. I've never seen the movie the whole way through, but I've seen clips and

like bits and pieces simply from it being on Bravo all the time. There you go.

I went and saw it in the theaters. I think I saw it like near my birth there, something I can't

really remember. Yeah, and it's the movie's based off of a true story. It's Frank a big nail, and

just watching that movie and reading up on the actual story behind it, it's amazing what he was

able to con himself into. The positions he was able to con himself into. Yeah, I'm going to stop

there because I don't want to give away anything because like, I don't know, I don't know guys,

but I'm just saying that's the first thing that came to my mind probably because of that movie,

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