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The new season of our fake true crime podcast This Sounds Serious has begun. This time it's about a con man who became a movie producer. It's a fun mystery with about 500 jokes. Listen: http://apple.co/2YG2SXR .
Also, I thought it would be fun to point out some of the true crime references we used throughout the series. This will probably be something I do after every episode.
In episode 1, we drew a lot of inspiration from the Australian podcast Who the Hell is Hamish, which is also about a conman. A lot of the dialog in the montage of victims is based on that show. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/podcast-who-the-hell-is-hamish/news-story/c95b519a9ececa6076df80bd130ba158
In episode 1, Kirk fraudulently gets into Princeton by writing an essay about raising buffalo and studying quantum physics. That’s based on James Hogue, a supposed self-taught orphan who herded sheep and read philosophy. https://thetab.com/us/princeton/2016/03/01/unbelievable-story-imposter-came-princeton-2710
The aliases he uses in episode 1 (Kenny Trammel, Karl Taylor, Klaus Tycho, Kirk Todd) all have the same initials so he can wear the same monogrammed clothes. This is something Clark Rockefeller did with his identities. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2009/01/fake_rockefeller200901
The European art forgery chapter of ep 1 is a reference to the Netflix documentary Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery.
