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Cold, dark, and full of hope—that's 2026. Welcome to Episode 138 of the Black Cat Report, where Joey and Gil kick off the new year with their favorite tradition: People Who Fake Their Own Deaths (Part 4)! 🎭

Think we'd run out of folks who ditch their lives and play dead? Think again. This time, we're diving into three wild tales: a poison-happy Alabama housewife who faked her own death TWICE (and somehow convinced her husband she was her own twin), an Indian activist who staged a fiery car crash to escape domestic bliss (with his brother-in-law's very questionable help), and a 14th-century nun who crafted a dummy corpse to escape convent life—described by the Archbishop as having "no shame in procuring its burial in a sacred space."

Perfect for your New Year, New You resolutions—unless your resolution involves faking your death, in which case... maybe don't take notes? 💀

After a little break (we weren't just twiddling our thumbs—Gil's been cooking up something crazy for our Patreon fam), we're back with more bizarre true crime that proves reality is stranger than fiction. Got a story idea? Hit us at contact@blackcat.report.

Love you, mean it. Now press play and let's get weird. 🖤

Sources:

Story 1:

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Hilley,%20Marie%20_2012_.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Marie_Hilley

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/audrey-marie-hilley-poisons-husband-daughter-escape-prison

Story 2

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28949959

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Mohan_Sharma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_Raj

Story 3

https://thenorthernway151149306.wordpress.com/joan-of-leeds-her-own-story/

https://www.history.com/articles/runaway-medieval-nun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Leeds

MUSIC CREDITS:

Outro Music: Lounge Jungle by Curt S D Macdonald

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://download.audiohero.com/track/41504269⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Song on Intro:

Auld Lang Syne - Simon Pettersson https://download.audiohero.com/track/32514257