Mark Seal
Appearances
48 Hours
The Imposter
According to Mahoka and Manabe, they went out to a restaurant and he couldn't get a reservation. And so he just said, Rockefeller. My name's Clark Rockefeller. Suddenly a table appeared. The name worked its magic and would work its magic from that point forward.
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The Imposter
He would carry around a security device that he said was connected to the Rockefeller offices because he was very paranoid about security and being kidnapped, which is pretty gutsy because that church has real Rockefellers.
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The Imposter
The owners of Dee Dee Soas' house at 1920 Lorraine decided to put in a swimming pool. And during the excavation of the pool, the bulldozer operator struck something hard. And it turned out to be human bones.
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The Imposter
She hires a detective. And he goes, we can find absolutely nothing on this individual. We don't know who he is. It was like he had materialized out of thin air.
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The Imposter
He has set up an elaborate new identity in Baltimore as Chip Smith, the high-sea ship captain, who has a daughter named Muffy.
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The Imposter
When he was busted for kidnapping his daughter, that blew the lid off of a 30-year con. All these other identities come to life. It turns out he's wanted for questioning in this homicide case.
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The Imposter
Years later, the bones of John Soas were discovered in the backyard of the house where John and Linda had lived with a mysterious boarder named Christopher Chichester, who later became Clark Rockefeller.
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The Imposter
And he was passing out hymnals, going to the free lunches and joining the city club and meeting all the regulars.
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The Imposter
He was handing out business cards that said 13th Baronet of Chichester, and it had the crest, and he would hand out a business card and kiss the lady's hands, and pretty soon he's a member of the community.
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The Imposter
John Soas, Dee Dee's adopted son, and Linda, his soon-to-be bride, were low on money. They moved into Dee Dee's house. Christopher Chichester is living in the back in the guest house. John is a computer nerd, Star Trek fanatic. Linda's six feet tall, a strawberry blonde artist who loved horses and painted fanciful unicorns.
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The Imposter
You know, it hits the news that he's Christopher Chichester of San Marino. Very prominent people were fooled by him. He's Christopher Crowe of Greenwich, Connecticut. He could fool anyone. He was brilliant. He was diabolical. He's Clark Rockefeller of New York. To him, it was a game. And everybody's going, who the hell is this guy?
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The Imposter
He gravitates to the most exclusive Episcopal church there, Christ Church, and he's passing out hymnals and meeting the locals. Author Mark Seal. I think he was very smart to launch his lives at churches because, you know, people at churches tend to believe. He meets the minister's son. Chris Bishop is an aspiring filmmaker, and they became friends.
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The Imposter
He had studied up on whatever he was trying to do, enough to get away with it.
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The Imposter
In New York City, he met a man who worked for Nikos Securities, and he was actually hired to lead an entire department of corporate bond salesmen.