Pseudocide

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🗓️ 17 November 2022

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Summary

After breaking up with longtime girlfriend Olivia Newton John, Patrick McDermott set sail on an overnight fishing trip in June of 2005. When he didn’t get off the boat the next morning, officials presumed he fell overboard. But then the tabloids speculated whether McDermott had faked his death. Potential sightings of McDermott fueled the story. Journalists and private investigators scoured Mexico on tips he was living a new life. But were they reshaping the facts of an accident at sea for their own purposes - regardless of the cost to McDermott’s loved ones? “Pseudocide'' is the term for faking one’s death. It’s also the name of the Spotify exclusive podcast hosted by Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon. The team explores McDermott’s upbringing, his relationship with a superstar, and his fatal voyage at sea. They also question those who advanced stories about his secret whereabouts - often based on flimsy accounts.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders On.
0:23.5	Crime Riders On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.8	culture, other podcasts.
0:30.1	And on this episode, the former boyfriend of Olivia Newton-John Vanishes during an
0:35.6	overnight fishing trip off of Los Angeles.
0:39.0	Did he fake his death and start his life a new in Mexico?
0:42.6	We'll review season two of the podcast, Suda Side, from Spotify.
0:47.8	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime Author, TV Journalist and host of
0:53.0	These are their stories podcast, my husband and love of my life, Kevin Flynn, Hello Kevin.
0:57.7	Hello Rebecca.
0:58.7	Also with us is Private Investigator, Certified Pet Detective, Resident Cat Lady and author
1:03.8	of the Piper Green series of cozy mysteries.
1:07.2	Laura Bricker, Hello Laura.
1:09.3	Hello Rebecca, I have to tell you so dad on deadline and the final curtain are the
1:13.7	top two selling books at Watersheet Bookstore right now.
1:16.7	Yeah.
1:17.7	So they put all the books behind the counter where you check out up on the wall each month
1:21.8	one through 10.
1:23.2	The last copy of dad on deadline was up on that wall and today I went in.
1:26.6	I said, what happened?
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