Golden Boy: The Story of Brian Blackwell

Lying is an essential human activity—everybody does it sometimes.
And there are a few different reasons people do it. Sometimes it’s
an innocent attempt to spare somebody’s feelings: Y’know, “It’s not
you, it’s me,” or “Oh no, Gramma, I loved that sweater you made me!
It’s just um…it was stolen. Yeah, stolen!” Sometimes it’s to avoid
accountability. “I didn’t kill that guy,” or “That vase was
shattered when I got here.” Sometimes it’s to cause somebody else
pain. “I never loved you.” And sometimes, it’s about creating a
fantasy version of ourselves, because we don’t like who we see in
the mirror. For a small percentage of these people, the big lie
they build around themselves becomes their greatest
treasure—something to guard with everything they have. And anyone
who threatens it might not make it out alive. Join us for the story
of "perfect son" Brian Blackwell, who built an elaborate web of
lies to impress his girlfriend--that he was an up and coming
professional tennis player, that he'd just closed on a 450,000
pound flat in the same complex as a famous footballer, that he
could afford to give her anything and everything she wanted. When
his parents threatened to put a stop to his fraud, he committed one
of the most shocking crimes in British history.

Sources:
The Telegraph:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1493035/Psychological-time-bomb-that-turned-teenage-son-into-frenzied-killer.html

The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/30/ukcrime.helencarter

BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4634401.stm

BBC's "Real Crime," episode "A Perfect Son"
BBC's "Killing Mum and Dad," episode "Brian Blackwell"

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