Dead Notary, Wrong Mailbox: How a Birthday Card Crashed a Will Heist
Dead Notary, Wrong Mailbox: How a Birthday Card Crashed a Will HeistA single birthday card pulled from a sealed mailbox exposed a will that listed a dead notary and a witness who was paid forty dollars to sign without reading - and the forgery was dated four days after the notary's burial. How did one misplaced card unravel a plan that nearly stole an entire estate?In this episode, we tell the story of the forged one-page will, the people named on it, and the small mistake that stopped the theft; why did a pharmacy worker sign a document she never read, and what did a buried notary’s death…
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