S1004: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 2

PRETEND

Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Fred Brito posed as a priest in order to hide from law enforcement. Find out how he ALMOST got away with it. __________ Follow PRETEND on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. __________ True Crime Podcast Festival 2022 in Dallas, TX We’re excited to announce that Criminal Conduct is going to be attending the True Crime Podcast Festival on August 26-28th in Dallas, Texas. The Festival is specially designed around your desire to mingle, interact, and have casual conversations with the podcasters you listen to regularly. There will also be panel discussions and live episodes you can’t hear anywhere else! Go to the website Truecrimepodcastfestival.com to find information on tickets and the hotel. Prices do go up the closer we get to the event so you won’t want to wait. I’ll see you at the True Crime Podcast Festival! __________ Listen to a preview for the Stolen Lives Podcast at the end of the episode: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.4	Last time on Pretend, I introduced you to a con man named Fred Brito.
0:50.0	This guy faked his resume and landed some pretty impressive jobs.
0:54.3	Jobs he was completely unqualified for.
0:57.8	He told us about the time he fooled the mayor of Los Angeles.
1:01.4	He even pretended to be a court-appointed psychiatrist in order to get his friend out of prison.
1:07.0	But this next gig had him reporting to the Pope.
1:10.4	Yeah, he fooled the Catholic Church into believing he was a priest.
1:17.1	But you know what, there's a lot we can learn from Fred Brito.
1:21.6	Don't get me wrong, I mean, I'm not encouraging you to lie on your resume.
1:25.8	Even if you're like me and you suffer from imposter syndrome, you can learn a trick or
1:29.8	two from this con man.
1:32.8	I'm Javier Leva and this is Pretend.
1:36.3	Stories about real people pretending to be someone else.
1:55.8	You know what, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out of prison, I'm just trying to get you out
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