Once the most-wanted conman and criminal in Canada—and the fourth most-wanted by Interpol—Albert Walker now gets a podcast that unravels his web of lies. Dubbed the “Rolex Killer,” he earned his moniker from the crime that finally led to his arrest. After swindling $3.2 million from clients in Canada, where he was posing as a mortgage broker and financier, Walker fled to England in 1990. There he befriended the Canadian expatriate Ronald Joseph Platt, who longed to go home. Walker helped arrange his return and then kept Platt’s documents. For three years, Walker lived under his identity. Then Platt returned. Walker and Platt echo Tom Ripley and Dickie Greenleaf—except this time, the corpse still had a Rolex on his wrist, which stopped at the moment of his murder. Sam Mullins guides listeners through the chilling case in a way that would make Agatha Christie proud. —Carolina de Armas
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Sea of Lies

Ronald Joseph Platt