Identity Thief

This Can't Be Happening Collection

By: Rachel Rosenthal

Narrated by: Rachel Rosenthal

Who would want to steal the identity of a minimum-wage employee at a children’s museum? In this harrowing real-life detective story, a woman searches for the truth, clue after startling clue.

Rachel hit the jackpot with her doting fiancé, Zach, who was starting a promising new political career at the Massachusetts State House. Then came money problems - Rachel’s was mysteriously disappearing, bank account by new bank account. She and Zach, her only lifeline, decided to play amateur sleuths. And they had to act fast. Because Rachel’s crippling paranoia was growing. She was losing more than money. She was starting to lose herself.

Rachel Rosenthal’s Identity Thief is part of This Can’t Be Happening, a collection of four true stories about making the best of a worst-case scenario curated by Kevin Allison, creator of the hit true storytelling podcast RISK! Outrageous, alarming, triumphant, and sometimes embarrassing, these fearless confessionals can be read, or listened to, in one what-on-earth-would-I-do? sitting.

©2018 Rachel Rosenthal (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

The Real Story

Unbelievable story full of romance and intrigue. Parental pressure added to the mix as she developed her career and grew up to face reality.

Thanks for sharing your story!

I am so happy to be married and to a wonderful man. I have been in relationships like the one you mentioned. Frozen in fear, desperate for help, stuck! Finally, I woke up, but it took a long time. Yes, tell friends and family but the, LISTEN to their words of wisdom.

Very good!

This is really good -- an eye-opener about identity theft! Outstanding reader, of course, as it should be since it is the writer! Great!

Saw it coming from a mile away.

Predictable. I also would have liked to hear something about her efforts to have a career in comedy. It felt like an afterthought, when we know that it's time consuming hard work.

Makes you wonder for sure

You have to wonder about easy it is to let our guard down and be taken advantage of. Great story for everyone.