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Jan 04, 2021

The Other Elliots: What I Learned From My Name Doppelgängers In D.C.

I kept running into people with my same exact name in D.C. So I decided to interview some of them.

Mar 22, 2013

Famous Fakers, From Clark Rockefeller To Hipster Grifter

In BBC America’s brand new Supernatural Saturday series ORPHAN BLACK, street-smart Sarah thinks her problems will be solved by assuming a rich woman’s identity. But as these real-life characters show—and as Sarah soon finds out—your past always catches up with you: CLARK ROCKEFELLER This average man with the above-average name might still be living his assumed life if he hadn’t kidnapped his daughter from his ex-wife in 2008. Soon, the FBI, Coast Guard and…

 
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