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A Woman Finds Her Dead Father Was Never Dead: The Beverly Oakes Case
A Woman Finds Her Dead Father Was Never Dead: The Beverly Oakes Case
Fear that the life you've been told is a lie - a man declared dead for twenty-eight years left a continuous cash-paid electric bill and a notarized deed buried in a Dunbar Township well. What secret allowed one man to live as Frank Carter in one county and Frank Alderman in another, and why was the proof hidden underground?
In this episode, we follow how a well-drilling crew's discovery set a paralegal on a three-month quest through county records, deeds, and utility ledgers to trace a life split between two names and two…
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