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Introducing: My Fugitive Dad

Introducing: My Fugitive Dad

FromSmoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad


Introducing: My Fugitive Dad

FromSmoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ashley’s Dad was her favorite person in the world. He drove fast cars and sold them for a living. He was a scratch golfer and the love of her Mum’s life. Ashley thought she knew him better than anyone. But at 38, she found out he wasn’t who he said he was. Inspired by his favorite movie the Thomas Crown Affair, he had pulled off a robbery in Cleveland then disappeared. It turns out he evaded the authorities for half a century, living in their sleepy Massachusetts town.



His secret upended his family’s life, but another family’s too. Because from the moment this 20-year-old vault teller escaped with $215,000 in 1969, Deputy U.S. Marshal John Elliott made it his life’s mission to bring him to justice. After he retired, his son even took up his mantle. For this six episode podcast, host Jonathan Hirsch teams up with Ashley Randele to unravel the mystery of how her Dad got away with it, and ultimately, why he left behind everyone and everything to start over.



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Released:
Nov 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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