MAN OVERBOARD-Burl Barer

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2014

⏱️ 97 minutes

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1982: Oregon businessman Phil Champagne, age 52, dies in a tragic boating accident off Lopez Island. He is survived by one ex-wife, four adult children, an octogenarian mother, and two despondent brothers. Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered, he took it rather well. So did Phil's brother, Mitch, the beneficiary of a 1.5 million dollar policy on Phil's life. 1992: Washington restauranteur Harold Stegeman, famous for his thick, juicy steaks, is arrested by the Secret Service for printing counterfeit United States currency in an Idaho shed. In addition to the bogus bills, Stegeman also has a fraudulently obtained passport, a fabricated Cayman Island drivers license, and Phil Champagne's fingerprints. When the uproarious reality of Harold Stegeman's secret identity hit the headlines, the counterfeit resurrection of Phil Champagne became one of the most celebrated and hysterically funny true-crime stories of the twentieth century. And while every supermarket tabloid and television talk show hounded after the untold story, only Edgar Award winner Burl Barer captured Champagne's confidence and received permission to detail Phil's post-mortem career of fraud, deception, trickery, lies, and fine prime rib, bringing to life the exploits of a man his family thought dead over a decade ago. MAN OVERBOARD-The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne-Burl Barer

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0:00.0	Locked Tothed Baby.
0:11.6	You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history
0:17.0	and the authors that have written about them.
0:19.8	Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking
0:27.9	about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.
0:32.0	True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.
0:46.8	Good evening.
0:48.6	In 1982, Oregon Businessman Phil Champagne, age 52, dies in a tragic boating accident
0:56.0	off Loupes Island.
0:58.1	He is survived by one ex-wife, four adult children, an octogenarian mother and two disbanded brothers.
1:05.5	Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper.
1:08.5	All things considered, he took it rather well.
1:11.3	So did Phil's brother Mitch, the beneficiary of a $1.5 million policy on Phil's life.
1:17.6	1992, Washington Restaurant Tour, Harold Stegamon, famous for his thick juicy steaks, is
1:24.4	arrested by the Secret Service for printing counterfeit United States currency in an Idaho
1:29.4	shed.
1:30.8	In addition to the bogus bills, Stegamon also has a fraudulent, obtained passport, a
1:36.2	fabricated Cayman Islands driver's license, and Phil Champagne's fingerprints.
1:41.7	When the uproarious reality of Harold Stegamon's secret identity hit the headlines, the counterfeit
1:47.0	resurrection of Phil Champagne became one of the most celebrated and hysterically funny
1:52.1	true crime stories of the 20th century.
1:56.0	While every supermarket tabloid and television talk show pounded after the untold story, only
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