Unmasking my best friend

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Reality TV producer Johnathan Walton found himself in a plot he couldn't have dreamt up.

It all started when a woman helped him when he was locked out of his building's swimming pool. She was magnetic and full of fun and soon they became inseparable. But things weren't quite as rosy as they seemed. Four years into their friendship Johnathan started pulling at the edges of her story, it all began to unravel and he'd have to start playing detective in a bid to bring her down.

Presenter: India Rakusen Producer: Edgar Maddicott Editor: Munazza Khan

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan.
0:22.1	It's honestly one of the most powerful stories
0:24.4	of my lifetime.
0:25.9	I'm Alex von Tundselman.
0:27.3	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:29.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:33.2	The Global Story,
0:35.0	with smart takes and fresh perspectives
0:37.1	on one big news story. Every Monday to Friday from the BBC World Service.
0:43.2	Search for The Global Story, wherever you get your BBC podcasts, to find out more.
0:51.8	I create this profile. I click on her name, and what comes up on the computer screen,
1:00.0	stuns me, takes the wind out of me.
1:02.8	I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
1:07.1	I needed to know more.
1:09.5	Because I suspected this was just the tip of the iceberg.
1:13.2	If she's lying so easily about this, like, what don't I know about this woman?
1:20.8	These days, we all have a story or a different version of ourselves that we like to present to the world.
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