The Unluckiest Man

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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After four house fires, the death of his first wife and the near death of his second wife and child, John Veysey's "unluck" is up. Federal prosecutors finally take a closer look at the tally of tragedy stretching back for the better part of a decade and netting Veysey over $800,000 in insurance payouts. Sponsors: Hydrow: Head over to Hydrow.com and use code COLDCASE to save up to five hundred dollars! Progressive: Progressive.com Rosetta Stone: Cold Case Files listeners can get Rosetta Stone’s lifetime membership for 50% off when you go to RosettaStone.com/coldcase Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/coldcase for 30% off your first order, PLUS a free $60 gift!

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0:00.0	True Crime Enthusi, it's Raviya Chaudh and Ellen Solve the Case, a true crime talk show.
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0:19.4	Skip the ordinary and dive into extraordinary investigations with us.
0:24.5	Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform
0:27.0	and let's unravel these captivating stories together. Two fires in the same house, now he's got another fire. Something's wrong.
0:43.0	What he did for a living was the fraud insurance companies.
0:47.0	That was the incense.
0:49.0	I know my daughter was killed.
1:16.4	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast. Patricia de Brian is looking for love in all the wrong places, such as the personal section of the local paper. In the fall of 1992, her ad draws a response from a would-be Romeo named John Vasey. This is Betty de Bryan, Patricia's mother.
1:25.0	Oh yeah, he was ideal. He was a real Sir Galahad. He was the night and shining armor.
1:32.0	He was all those things.
1:34.3	Patricia's father, Jerry de Bryan.
1:36.5	She was so much in love, and it was the first time we'd seen her truly happy.
1:40.7	So you don't dispute this. The romance finds fertile soil and blossoms. On June
1:46.8	19th 1993 the couple marries with Patricia's two children in tow. They moved
1:52.2	to Galena, Illinois.
1:54.6	The town itself is a throwback
1:56.2	to a more romantic time and place.
1:58.6	The happily ever afters, however, do not follow.
2:02.3	Patricia's mother is among the first to notice.
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