48 Hours

Post Mortem | The Man with Two Names

May 19, 2026·28 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The episode explores the bizarre, decades-spanning criminal saga of Ted Maher, later known as John Green, a man who went from being convicted in a high-profile Monaco murder-arson case to soliciting the murder of his wife in New Mexico. His life of deception, reinvention, and manipulation

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People

Ted MaherJon GreenEdmond SafraKim LarkGreg MarkhamJosh YagerErin MoriartyAnne-Marie Green

Books

Framed in Monte Carloby Ted Maher

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal JusticeFraudInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries

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