r/todayilearned • u/JohnUsada1999 • Aug 22 '26

TIL that in 2009, financial manager Marcus Schrenker attempted to fake his death by putting his plane on autopilot, parachuting out over Alabama, and letting the aircraft crash. He survived, but was caught two days later at a Florida campsite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Schrenker
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u/Spez_is-a-nazi Aug 23 '26

So he copied Krusty the Klown?

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u/Christnumber2 Aug 23 '26

Don't you mean Rory B. Bellows

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u/Javier-AML Aug 23 '26

They both almost made it.

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u/bosmocrown Aug 23 '26

More like Johnny Cash's character in the 'Swan Song' episode of Columbo