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🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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JoAnn Matouk Romain disappeared on a bitterly cold January night in 2010. In the 12 years since her mysterious death, we're left with more questions than answers.
Written by Jackie Jean and Nina Innsted. Audio Production by Bill Bert.
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0:00.0 | Do you remember the movie catch me if you can? |
0:02.7 | Well, apparently a lot of people think that this movie is based on a true story, but I found out it's 98% BS. |
0:09.9 | Frank Abignaul says that he posed as an airline pilot, he was a doctor, and he wrote $2.5 million in bad checks. |
0:17.6 | But after doing a little digging, it turns out that Frank Abignaul's story is a lie, and I have to documents to prove it. |
0:24.6 | You see, I've been trying to get Frank Abignaul on my podcast for five years now, so if he won't come to me, well, I'll just have to go to him. |
0:32.3 | Hey, Mr. Abignaul, for six years you've rated the FBI, pretending to be a pilot, a doctor, a professor, but how are you able to do that if you work sitting in prison the whole time? |
0:44.2 | Just recently, I flew out to Vegas and confronted Frank Abignaul after one of his keynote speeches. |
0:51.0 | This is the real catch me if you can, and I'm going to expose his lies one by one, and I have the police records, court records, all the documents I need to prove he's a fraud. |
1:02.6 | Look for the episode titled The Real Catch Me If You Can, only on pretend. |
1:08.2 | Hey friends, Nina here, a bit of housekeeping before we dig into the story. |
1:14.3 | In addition to producing already gone, you can now hear me as the host of They Walk Among America, a joint production between the Law and Crime Podcast Network, and They Walk Among Us, the award-winning True Crime Podcast. |
1:27.8 | You can look for weekly episodes of They Walk Among America, starting in August of 2022. |
1:34.8 | And this week's episode, you may think, hey, I know this story, I watched the Unsolved Mysteries episode, The Lady in the Lake, back in fall of 2020. |
1:44.6 | Well, yes, it is the same story, but we have new details, frustrating revelations, and throughout the episode we'll be hearing from Joanne's daughter, Michelle. |
1:54.5 | Jennifer Vanished sometime in the overnight hours. |
1:58.9 | Right now there is no trace. |
2:00.5 | Investigators say evidence leave them to believe that she's dead. |
2:05.4 | Stick my nose back in that trail, it's all I can do. |
2:08.6 | This is already gone. |
2:10.6 | Already gone. |
2:12.6 | Already gone. |
2:14.6 | Joanne Matukh remain was the backbone of her family, and she was adored by her friends. |
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