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The Letters in the Marsh: How "Paul" Stole Alice's Heart and Identity

The Letters in the Marsh: How "Paul" Stole Alice's Heart and Identity

Fear that the person who loved you might be a lie: a plastic tote, two years of airmail letters, a laminated photo taped to the lid reading "For Alice. So she knows I am real." Who was the man signing himself Paul Carlson, and why did the compass rose on every last page matter? What did a reverse image search and a mail-forwarding trick finally reveal?

In this episode, we follow the discovery at Cutter's Marsh and trace the correspondence that began in spring 2019 and continued for more than two years, the small town ties…

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