In Genoa City or Pine Valley, it’s surprisingly easy to fake one’s own death. It’s kind of like the local amusement park ride, everybody’s done it at least once. In real life, it’s attempted way more than I ever knew and is never pulled off effectively.

Live Science has an interesting article on just how many folks have tried this and how sadly they have failed.

Faking one’s own death has come into the news most recently as Wall Street investor Marcus Shenker, wanted for well, being a Wall Street investor is enough these days, tried to fake a plane crash. He ran out of gas before hitting the Gulf of Mexico, which authorities believe was his intended target.

There’s also a woman on this list who faked terminal cancer and then showed up at her own funeral pretending to be a long lost twin. Somebody had seen one Days of our Lives episode too many.

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