My Fugitive Dad - A Double Life and Decades of Secrets, Revealed

The Just Enough Family

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Relationships, Business, True Crime

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Meet Ashley Randele. Ashley’s Dad, Thomas Randele, was her favorite person in the world. A great dad, a great golfer, and the love of her Mum’s life. Ashley thought she knew him better than anyone. But at 38 years old, that notion would be shattered. Ashley’s dad wasn’t Thomas Randele, he was Ted Conrad - a wanted fugitive who had evaded authorities for over half a century. The mystery of Ted Conrad haunted law enforcement for decades, and now, for the first time, the secrets of his story are finally being revealed. Join host Jonathan Hirsch as he teams up with Ashley herself to unravel the truth behind her father’s secretive past on Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad right now, completely ad-free. Catch new episodes of Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad every week wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to The Binge and unlock all episode’s ad-free today. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Smoke Screen show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Ashley. Hi Jonathan. Tell me about your dad. Well, my dad's name is Tom. He's one of the most charming men you'll ever meet.
0:12.0	All right. Good morning. He's a car salesman, a scratch golfer.
0:17.0	You wanted to arm on your team, because he's a ringer.
0:20.0	He was unreal.
0:22.0	The love of my mom's life and my best friend.
0:26.0	But Ashley's dad had a massive secret.
0:31.4	And he said, if I tell you, you have to promise you will not look into it.
0:38.2	I don't want you telling anybody. A secret he kept for more than half a century, not just from his family.
0:46.2	And she looked at me like I'd hit her in the face with a brick.
0:50.8	But from the world. Ted Conrad walked out of the bank he worked at.
0:56.0	He disappeared with a paper bag containing $215,000.
1:01.0	He'd evaded authorities for 52 years.
1:04.0	So where is Teddy Conrad today?
1:07.0	Who knows?
1:09.0	The Conrad trail is cold as marshals look to generate some kind of heat.
1:14.0	A father and son duo made catching him their life's mission.
1:20.0	Some people portrayed Conrad as a Robin Hood,
1:23.2	and my dad called him nothing but a thief.
1:26.8	This is the story about trying to make sense
1:29.8	of a wonderful life, based on a terrible lie.
1:34.8	My dad wasn't Tom Randall.
1:37.2	I mean, he was Ted Conrad.
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