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== [[Truth in Television]] ==

* This is an actual crime, called "pseudocide" (literally 'pretend murder').

** Though not usually a crime, [http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide the same term is used when someone on the Internet pretends to die]. They used to arouse suspicion by their ability to still post from the hospital, but nowadays it is possible to get wireless Internet access and not just blog, but make video logs from the hospital, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoCzo9BPlrI&feature=channel_video_title as CTFxC demonstrates]. Depending on the blogging software, it is entirely possible for someone to queue up [[Dead Man Writing|a post to be made automatically in the event they die]].

** Though not usually a crime, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121205074503/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide the same term is used when someone on the Internet pretends to die]. They used to arouse suspicion by their ability to still post from the hospital, but nowadays it is possible to get wireless Internet access and not just blog, but make video logs from the hospital, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoCzo9BPlrI&feature=channel_video_title as CTFxC demonstrates]. Depending on the blogging software, it is entirely possible for someone to queue up [[Dead Man Writing|a post to be made automatically in the event they die]].

* [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/update_suicide_really_is_painl.php Reported by Talking Points Memo].

** Also the [[wikipedia:John Darwin disappearance case|John Darwin case]]. Found out after a Google search.

** A woman in [http://www.kcci.com/news/7541510/detail.html Des Moines] faked her own death to avoid paying traffic tickets. Her scheme fell apart when she got pulled over for yet another traffic offense.

** A woman in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120162155/http://www.kcci.com/news/7541510/detail.html Des Moines] faked her own death to avoid paying traffic tickets. Her scheme fell apart when she got pulled over for yet another traffic offense.

* The police sometimes use this tactic to nab suspects. In one case, a woman hired a contract killer (actually an undercover cop) to kill her husband. The police then faked his death, providing photos and "evidence" in order to fool the wife into incriminating herself.

** In Russia where political and business-related assassinations are unpleasantly common, this is a very common tactic for the local police.