John Stonehouse, a promising British politician, disappeared off the Miami coast.

Had he drowned in a swimming accident? Had he been eaten by sharks?

To everyone's surprise, he turned up in Australia a few weeks later with a new identity...

John Stonehouse: Charismatic British politician
Disappeared from a Miami beach in 1974
Mysterious reappearance in Australia
Stonehouse's financial and personal troubles
Speculation about Stonehouse being a Czech spy
John Stonehouse's affair with his secretary
Impersonation and multiple fake identities
Legal trial and prison sentence
Impact on British politics and the Labour party
Stonehouse's final years and death

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/john-stonehouse

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#488 | John Stonehouse | The Politician Who Faked His Death