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Podcast: Housewives of True Crime
Episode: The Rockefeller Who Wasn’t: Christian Gerhartsreiter and the Sohus Mystery
Description: Clark Rockefeller was the ultimate fake-it-til-you-make-it criminal except he took it way too far. Behind the bow ties and “old money” vibe was Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German con man posing as a Rockefeller. After kidnapping his daughter during a custody visit and triggering a massive manhunt, police uncovered his real past. That’s when the dark truth surfaced: he was tied to the disappearance of John and Linda Sohus in the ’80s, and he was later convicted of murdering John. A lifetime of lies, stolen identities, and one very real body buried in a backyard...Unlock...