Fake IDs

Could you fake your death and get away with it? In this episode, we look at fake identities, from people who've tried to fake their own deaths to an audacious wine fraudster who made millions as he sold new wine in old bottles. We speak to a private investigator who proves that people are, in fact alive, and a wine merchant who decided to act like an FBI agent in his quest to stake out a man who was making fake bottles of his wine. And in the process, we see glimpses of how identities are harder to forge in the 21st century. Guests in this episode: Steven Rambam, private investigator; Laurent Ponsot, master winemaker; Peter Hellman, author of In Vino Duplicitas ; and two eminent historians, Helen Watt and Paul Dryburgh. Support our work here: patreon.com/powercorrupts And buy Brian's new book, Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us here:

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Fake IDs is an episode from Power Corrupts by Brian Klaas.

This episode is 54:04 long.

This episode was published on Sep 21, 2021.

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