Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a 52-year-old German conman, best known for his infamous posing as Clark Rockefeller, was found guilty of murdering a California man 28 years ago. Gerhartsreiter has lived for many years using the name Rockefeller and claimed to be an heir to their fortune.
Look who's back in the news! It's Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the psychopathic German flim-flam man who convinced all of New England society, including the woman who would become his wife and mother to his child, that he was an heir to the Rockefeller estate, as immortalized in the classic Lifetime movie, Mother,…
Remember "Clark Rockefeller," the con man who bounced around social circles in New York and Boston posing as a physicist, financier, art collector, cardiovascular surgeon, government official, and sea captain, among other things? Rockefeller—real name Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—was convicted today of kidnapping his…
Karl Gerhartsreiter pretended to be various important people that he was not for many years, married a woman, had a daughter, and when the wife found out he was a con man she divorced him. So he kidnapped the girl and fled Massachusetts. Naturally, this is all the wife's fault.
Sometimes the New York Post inches over the line from "amusing" into "despicable." Okay, not sometimes—all the time. Today, in particular! Sandra Boss' husband lied to her, conned her for years, and then kidnapped their child. So Sandra should be thrown in jail, according to the Post.
Forget cover girl Tina Fey and her scary scar story. The most interesting tale in this month's Vanity Fair is that of Christian Gerhartsreiter aka Christopher Chichester aka Christopher Crowe aka Clark Rockefeller. He's the mystery fellow who was arrested this summer after kidnapping his daughter, Snooks, whom he lost…
If you enjoy outrageous tales of imposters charming their way into high society—and you happen to have an hour or so to spare—Mark Seal's exposé on con man (and alleged kidnapper) Clark Rockefeller for the January issue of Vanity Fair is now online. [VF]
"Are you sure he's not a Rockefeller? The New York Times seemed to raise that question yesterday when it published a photo of impostor Clark Rockefeller on the front page of its Style section—and 14 pages later, a wedding announcement for actual family heir Clayton Rockefeller, who, in the accompanying photo, looks…
Clark Rockefeller-the mystery man with no driver's license, social security number, or tax history, who kidnapped his daughter in Boston last week-has been caught, the Post is reporting. "Fugitive Clark Rockefeller was taken into police custody in Baltimore today. His kidnapped daughter is safe and sound and in police…
