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I Faked My Own Death

I Faked My Own Death

Short of committing suicide, for some there's only one way out of a very bad situation: fake your own death. This series delves into the stories of six convicts and how their circumstances pushed them to take that final, extreme step over the edge. First-person, on-camera accounts (some from prison) and cinematic re-enactments reveal how the fakers planned and pulled off their elaborate "deaths," and police detectives tell how authorities pieced together the evidence to ultimately crack each case.
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Season 13 of 3 Episodes

  • An innocent man goes underground after refusing to commit a crime; a man who seems to have it all stages a plane crash to escape his life.

  • A husband and wife try to hide from drug dealers and the law; a man has a cold-blooded plan to cash in on his life insurance.

  • A drug dealer stages an alligator attack; a desperate man uses a corpse to stand in for him.

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3 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Alligators and Autopsy
    Framed and Fraud
    For Love and Money
  • Alligators and Autopsy

    A drug dealer stages an alligator attack; a desperate man uses a corpse to stand in for him.
    Upcoming
  • Framed and Fraud

    An innocent man goes underground after refusing to commit a crime; a man who seems to have it all stages a plane crash to escape his life.
    Upcoming
  • For Love and Money

    A husband and wife try to hide from drug dealers and the law; a man has a cold-blooded plan to cash in on his life insurance.
    Upcoming
I Faked My Own Death

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Short of committing suicide, for some there's only one way out of a very bad situation: fake your own death. This series delves into the stories of six convicts and how their circumstances pushed them to take that final, extreme step over the edge. First-person, on-camera accounts (some from prison) and cinematic re-enactments reveal how the fakers planned and pulled off their elaborate "deaths," and police detectives tell how authorities pieced together the evidence to ultimately crack each case.

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