Speaker 1: Pushkin. The fall of two thousand and seven, Keith Giamanco
Speaker 1: was in serious financial trouble, so he came up with
Speaker 1: a bold plan to save his family.
Speaker 2: I felt such desperation. I felt it was what I
Speaker 2: had to do.
Speaker 1: At the time, did it seem like a crazy idea?
Speaker 2: It seemed very crazy, but I felt a sense of
Speaker 2: being so desperate that I felt it was the quickest,
Speaker 2: easiest way out.
Speaker 1: To all who knew him, Keith was a mild mannered
Speaker 1: suburban dad, but secretly he became someone else, a master
Speaker 1: of disguise.
Speaker 2: I wasn't very good looking anyone in the eye. You
Speaker 2: can't share anything like that with someone else if you
Speaker 2: do your.
Speaker 1: Had Eventually, the police showed up one night when his
Speaker 1: teenage daughters were home alone, wondering where their dad was.
Speaker 3: Recognize seriousness, because they wouldn't have sent an entire crime
Speaker 3: scene unit out to my house if it wasn't serious.
Speaker 3: They didn't send one or two dudes. They sent a
Speaker 3: whole van of people plus dogs.
Speaker 1: Every family has its secrets, but what happens when you
Speaker 1: discover that your dad has been living a double life.
Speaker 3: It was literally like there is something wrong. I couldn't
Speaker 3: put my finger on it. But it was anxiety, it
Speaker 3: was defeat. It was fear. Is everyone lying to me
Speaker 3: about who they are? I didn't trust anyone after that.
Speaker 1: Soon it wasn't just Keith's daughters who had to deal
Speaker 1: with his lies. It was friends, neighbors, investigators, prosecutors, and
Speaker 1: ultimately Keith himself.
Speaker 2: Came up and then proceeded to take his hand and
Speaker 2: put it into his jacket.
Speaker 3: Mike, he had a weapon.
Speaker 1: You can't put that many people in that much fear
Speaker 1: and not expect to pay a heavy price for it.
Speaker 2: Okay, before I ask you any questions, you were advisor
Speaker 2: your constitutional rights. People say, oh, you made a mistake. No,
Speaker 2: I didn't make a mistake. Making a mistake is putting
Speaker 2: salt in your coffee instead of sugar. I made bad choices.
Speaker 2: Those things were a choice.
Speaker 1: This is a story about the crimes a man will
Speaker 1: commit in the name of fatherhood. It's about love, deception,
Speaker 1: and justice, and it's about the disguises parents put on
Speaker 1: for their children and the world. Deep cover The Familyman,
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