258: The Doppelganger Case of Adolf Beck | England

258: The Doppelganger Case of Adolf Beck | England

In 1895, a Swedish man named Adolf Beck was stopped on a London street by a woman who accused him of swindling her out of her jewellery. Police quickly connected him to a string of similar frauds — and to a man named John Smith, convicted of identical crimes in 1877. Over a dozen victims picked Beck out of line-ups. He was convicted at the Old Bailey and sentenced to seven years' hard labour. The problem: he wasn't John Smith. He wasn't any of it. Eight years later, still protesting his innocence, Beck was convicted again — for the exact same type of fraud. Only when the real culprit was arrested mid-crime did the truth finally surface. We explore how a face so ordinary it could belong to anyone sent an innocent man to prison twice, and what the case of Émilie Sagée tells us about the ancient human terror of the double.

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Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
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268: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | USA

268: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | USA

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267: The Lake Alleghe Murders | Italy

267: The Lake Alleghe Murders | Italy

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266: The Monster With 21 Faces | Japan

266: The Monster With 21 Faces | Japan

In 1984, a mysterious criminal group calling itself "The Monster with 21 Faces" launched an unprecedented campaign of extortion against Japan's largest food manufacturers. Beginning with the kidnappin...

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265: Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy | USA - Part 2

265: Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy | USA - Part 2

As investigators searched beneath John Wayne Gacy's home, they uncovered a crime scene unlike anything they had encountered before. Hidden within the crawlspace were the remains of dozens of young men...

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264: Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy | USA - Part 1

264: Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy | USA - Part 1

In December 1978, 15-year-old Robert Piest vanished after leaving work to meet a potential employer. His disappearance led investigators to John Wayne Gacy, a respected Chicago businessman, political ...

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263: The Bizarre Lead Masks Case | Brazil

263: The Bizarre Lead Masks Case | Brazil

In August 1966, two electronics technicians climbed a hill overlooking Rio de Janeiro and were never seen alive again. Days later, their bodies were discovered lying side by side, dressed in suits, wa...

21 Jul 21min

262: The Easey Street Murders | Australia

262: The Easey Street Murders | Australia

In January 1977, two young women, Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, were brutally murdered inside their Melbourne home, while Suzanne's 16-month-old son was found alive nearby. The shocking crime ...

8 Jul 20min

261: The Breaking Bad Murder of Eva Bourseau | France

261: The Breaking Bad Murder of Eva Bourseau | France

Eva Bourseau, 23, was murdered in her Toulouse apartment on 26 July 2015 by two students, Taha Mrani Alaoui and Zakariya Banouni, over a drug debt. Her body was submerged in hydrochloric acid in a pla...

21 Jun 19min

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