Mike DeBardeleben (Part Two: Antisocial)

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

"From an early age, I can recall wanting to please my parents but being frustrated by some of their unrealistic demands..."

Following the end of the lengthy "Mall Passer" investigation, the Secret Service attempted to unlock the secrets of the man they'd arrested, 43-year-old Mike DeBardeleben. However, as they attempted to track down the machine he'd used to print his counterfeit bills, investigators ended up uncovering evidence of even more heinous crimes.

As they learned more about the man they'd arrested, federal agents discovered that there had been ample warning signs for years. Dating back to his childhood, DeBardeleben had been abused and neglected by both of his parents, and had grown up in an environment that left him (and his siblings) emotionally scarred. In adulthood, he'd even been diagnosed as sociopathic and antisocial...

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0:56.4	Please do not suffer in silence. In May of 1983, members of the US Secret Service zeroed in on a notorious
1:10.6	counterfeiter that they had been hunting for roughly four years.
1:14.1	Nicknamed the mall passer, this counterfeiter had been printing and distributing his own $20 bills
1:19.4	since the latter half of 1979. Distributing the bills slowly threw out shopping malls in the continental
1:25.6	United States.
1:27.2	Since the bills had only ever popped up a handful at a time, authorities believed that the
1:31.4	counterfeiter was traveling, using the bills himself one at a time.
1:36.0	As detailed in the last episode, Federal agents eventually apprehended this man,
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