Episode 3.35 // Don’t Buy Any Green Bananas: The Long Con of Richard Walter

A conman can only be as good as the systems that prop him up, and in the case of Richard Walter that happened to be the very system he was defrauding. Through lies and omissions, and a fake twinge of an English accent, Walter convinced the powers that be within the US Justice System that he was a subject matter expert in all things criminal, despite the fact that he had no real training or experience to speak of. Walter’s so-called ‘expert’ testimonies led to false convictions and destroyed lives, all for the glory of one man who wanted to be at the center of it all.

SOURCES:

• Richard Walter… Was a Fraud -  David Gauvey Herbert - Intelligencer - Apr 11, 2023

• The Vidocq Society: Murder on the Menu - Adam Higginbotham - The Telegraph  Nov 21, 2008

• Vidocq Society: The Murder Club - The Guardian - Ed Pilkington - Mar 3,  2011

• The Heirs of Holmes… - Ronald Smothers - The New York Times - Dec. 2, 1997

• ...Philly’s Vidocq Society are in high demand -Joe Hernandez - WHYY - Jun 10, 2015

• History of the Vidocq Society - Vidocq.org

• Eugène Vidocq: Convict Turned Father of Modern Criminal Investigation - Owlcation - Nov 10, 2023

• The Secret World of Earth's Best Detectives -  Michael Capuzzo - Esquire - Aug 10, 2010

• 1991 murder case getting a 2nd look - C.S. Murphy - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Feb. 13, 2011

• Leisha Hamilton – Forensic Files Now -  Dec 31, 2022

• Cold Case Squad…  Takes on Oregon Slaying - ABC News -  Aug11, 2010

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