WHOA. Now THAT was a Movie of the Week, in and of itself. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:
> > > It was pretty good, a departure for the guy who's been labeled as one of > the gay guys from "Will and Grace". What I like is the movie's pretty > recent: he's still in jail, and his ex-wife is still trying to get him > legally barred from ever having any contact with their daughter again. And, > the case of that murdered couple is still being investigated. > > Scary. And as crazy as it sounds that such people exist and can tell such > blatant lies, all too true. My wife and I used to know a guy just like that. > He told all these stories about all the things he'd done in the past: two > tours in Nam, being a law enforcement guy who busted drug dealers, etc. But > no one ever met any of his family--ever--to confirm any of his stories. The > old "everyone's dead, and the rest I just don't want to talk to" excuse. > > He was able to get free rent at apartment complexes by telling the managers > that he was a former veteran and law guy, and trade onsite security for a > free apartment. Dude was a consummate con: he claimed he was trying to find > the right church, and thus, tried on about half a dozen different faiths > before becoming a Seventh Day Adventist. What we later discovered was that > he was trying to find a church where he could manipulate the people and find > a mate. He married a lady from that church who was an ardent Adventist, then > used her beliefs to control her. For example, Adventists typically honor the > Sabbath: staying home, not watching TV, etc. Well, this guy was always > having to deal with "emergencies" at night and on the Sabbath. You'd have > thought our complex was a hangout of the mob! What he was doing was simply > taking nighttime "visits", using the security problem as a threat, and being > confident his fearful, obedient wife would stay in the house when he was out > doing his thing. > > Guy had a newborn son who he claimed was by a woman who was dangerously > unstable, and thus, he had to protect the boy from her. He said the mother > was so crazy she'd try to kidnap the child, and even, try to hurt his wife. > This was another excuse for him to tell his wife to stay inside all day > while he was working, as he couldn't be there to protect her should the > crazed mother appear. And this she did. > > Dude had a wealth of skills: cooking, doing hair, sewing, automobile > repair, martial arts, etc.. He become a leader in the church, started > teaching Bible classes at home, and got a lot of us to attend. In time, the > stories became too strange to ignore. Started telling tales that got really > bizarre. Actually told me one night that he created Amazing Fantasy > #15--which was a big mistake! We couldn't understand why *not one* person > from his past ever showed up, and of course, the way he literally kept his > wife sequestered was a red flag. When he started talking about moving his > family to a small Alabama town, buying a farm, and maybe get all of us to > join them, that was it. Dude noticed all of us friends of his were starting > to doubt, and withing a few weeks he and the family was just gone like the > wind. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 2:46:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Who is Clark Rockefeller? > > > > Did anyone catch this Lifetime movie? It is about a conman who poses as a > member of the Rockefeller family and marries a well to do woman. Sometime > after they are divorced, he kidnaps their daughter and we discover that no > one really knows who he is. > > It replays Monday on Lifetime. > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > >
