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Part VI: The Coffin

June 14, 2021·39 min·3 clips

A death-faking expert explains where Gerald Cotten would hide if he were still alive with $215 million.

A death-fake theory needs logistics first. Stephen Rombaum, the private investigator who catches people who fake their deaths, starts with where someone could realistically go. Western countries create problems. He talks through borders, back routes, and pilots who may care more about the trip than the reason behind it. Then the episode moves to India. The host visits the places tied to Jerry and Jennifer, starting with Raj Vila's hotel, which feels less like a hotel than a guarded resort. The scene is quietly ridiculous. The host arrives sweaty by tuk-tuk and walks into a place built for guests who show up by car. Staff offer cooled towels and a sandalwood rosewater infusion. The manager does not say much, but confirms a Canadian person had some kind of medical distress there. That is not proof. It is a fixed point in a story packed with speculation, paperwork, and theories that refuse to die. The next question is medical. The host has a more detailed medical report on Jerry's death, signed by Dr. Sharma, and wants to hear from him directly. Fortis Escorts Hospital looks hard to enter, so the reporting shifts toward Dr. Sharma's private clinic. The method stays simple: ask the named people, visit the named places, and see whether the death story holds.

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A measured fraud story that finds its tension in places and records.

Exit Scam follows the practical puzzle of a man who may have tried to vanish, tracing where someone like Gerald Cotton could have gone and what a private investigator can still piece together.

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Follow the disappearance trail as it moves from a resort in India to a private investigator and a medical report.

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