He Faked Being a Doctor for 18 Years | Jean-Claude Romand

For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand told everyone he was a doctor and researcher at the World Health Organization in Geneva. He wasn't. He never finished medical school. He never worked anywhere. And in January 1993, when the lie finally ran out, he chose the most terrible way to keep it hidden. This is the true story of one of France's most disturbing criminal cases, and the man who spent two decades pretending to live a life that didn't exist. CHAPTERS 0:00 The doctor who never existed 0:32 January 1993 1:30 A family tragedy? 1:56 The exam he never took 2:30 What did he do all day? 3:20 The money 3:52 The lie starts to break 5:00 Saturday, January 9 5:41 The fire 6:26 The trial 7:31 The books and the films 8:13 The man who didn't exist 8:38 In memory Who do you think the real Jean-Claude Romand was? Tell me in the comments. Watch next, the Mafia civil war that created the Five Families:    • The Mafia Civil War: How Lucky Luciano Pla...   Sources: reporting on the 1996 trial in Bourg-en-Bresse; Emmanuel Carrère, "The Adversary" (2000); French press coverage. PHOTO CREDITS (Wikimedia Commons; CC BY / CC BY-SA licenses, links in the pinned comment) • Abbaye de Fontgombault – Aubussonais (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Aire d'autoroute du chien Blanc – Benoît Prieur (CC0) • Aire des Pyrénées – ENSA de Toulouse - Atelier S4 2015 Christophe Hutin (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Après l'incendie de l'Hôtel Lambert, les pompiers (Paris - 2013) – Wikinade (CC BY-SA 3.0) • Blue Book guide to Cornwall (1949) – H. Liddicoat (Public domain) • Chambre d'hôtel (1) – Gzen92 (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Cinéma Grand Ecran La Teste-de-Buch – Philippe fri (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Eglise-Saint-Nithier-Clairvaux-les-Lacs-byRundvald – Rundvald (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Lyon- 1933 – Agence de presse Meurisse (Public domain) • Fog on the lake – P. Vensaus (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Forêt de Fontainebleau (254707943) – Real Dreaming Reality (CC0) • Forêt de Fontainebleau-Route de Buffon-20180516 – Daniel VILLAFRUELA (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Geneva - Night - Lac Leman (4334037855) – Didier Baertschiger from Genève, Suisse (CC BY-SA 2.0) • Geneva airport from air – Schutz (CC BY-SA 3.0) • Geneva at night 02, 09, 10, 13, 14 – Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Grand Lac (Clairvaux-les-Lacs) 2 – Einaz80 (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Grey rotary dial telephone – Wilfredor (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Mairie-Clairvaux-les-Lacs-Jura-byRundvald – Rundvald (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Palais Justice - Bourg-en-Bresse (FR01) - 2024-03-21 - 1 – Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Panneau entrée Prévessin Prévessin Moëns 4 – Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Prévessin-Moëns 2 – Brücke-Osteuropa (CC0) • Salle de lecture Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve n01, n03 – Marie-Lan Nguyen (CC BY 2.0 fr) • Salle de lecture Labrouste – Communication BSG (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Town Hall and Catholic Church in Prévessin-Moëns – 3lisai-4u (CC0) • Vue de face / Vue de l'inscription de la faculté de médecine et pharmacie Lyon 1 – Kennydu69 (CC BY-SA 3.0) • World Health Organisation building from west – Yann (CC BY-SA 4.0) • World Health Organization at Pregny-Chambésy (50636746028) – Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France (CC BY 2.0) • Église Assomption Prévessin Moëns 10 – Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Narration voice: AI-generated. #TrueCrime #JeanClaudeRomand #Documentary