Following the success of the podcasts De Kofferbakmoord (The Trunk Murder), Het Verdwenen Meisje (The Missing Girl), and De Moord op mijn Vader (The Murder of My Father)—which have been downloaded nearly 4 million times in total—Dagblad van het Noorden is launching a new title on November 25: De Ware Jacob (The Real Jacob). A podcast about perhaps the biggest, yet most unknown con artist in the Netherlands.
A dizzying web of lies
Imagine: a man who lives as if he were fabulously wealthy. Who effortlessly pretends to be a baron, criminologist, or high-ranking military officer. Who shamelessly extorts money from friends and family, while deceiving international banks and members of the Quote 500. That is Rob Jacob. Perhaps the biggest, yet most unknown, con artist in the Netherlands, who made his breakthrough in Emmen and then conquered the world. In the new DVHN podcast De Ware Jacob, reporter Jan Westera and podcast maker Colin Mooijman unravel his dizzying web of deceit. Who is this master swindler? How do lies work and how did he get everyone in his grip? And where is he now? Jan Westera goes in search of Rob Jacob. Because Interpol was looking for him. His victims are looking for him. But Rob Jacob seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
On the website of Dagblad van het Noorden, you can read more about the podcast and dive into the archive about Rob Jacob.
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