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Titanic's BIGGEST FRAUD: Pregnant Girlfriend, Fake Identity & A Luxury Cabin | Alfred Nourney
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The shocking true story of Titanic's biggest fraud! Meet Alfred Nourney, the 20-year-old German who boarded Titanic as fake "Baron von Drachstedt" to escape a pregnancy scandal. He conned his way from second to first class, where he was able to complete his journey with some of the most influential people in history. He was the first Titanic passenger to sue White Star Line for his lost $2,320 wardrobe ($70,000 today), and he did this against the backdrop of the biggest tragic event in human history - at least according to SOME people.
After he was rescued, interviews with real Titanic survivors in the following days would tell his true story. He refused to row Lifeboat #7 while smoking his pipe as others worked. Discover how this entitled "baron" survived while 1,500 perished, hoarded blankets meant for other survivors, fired a revolver in his lifeboat, and later joined the Nazi party! Part of our exclusive Lifeboat #7 series featuring the most scandalous Titanic survivors, including Dorothy Gibson and the Bishops. This outrageous true story exposes the class divisions that defined both the disaster and its media coverage, while wealthy passengers' stories dominated headlines and steerage victims remained nameless. Learn how Titanic's "Baron Fraud" fabricated his entire identity yet became the last surviving adult male first-class passenger.
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