From May Day to Pay Day

Send us Fan MailAs far as get-away-plans go, former financial advisor Marcus Schrenker plotted one that looked like a scene out of an action movie. In 2009, the 39-year-old Indiana man attempted to fake his own death with a mid-air May Day call and phony plane problems, a stashed motorcycle with saddlebags full of cash, and an eye on hiding out in Florida. The failed pseudocide, (fancy word for a faked death, I had to look it up), was his plan to escape from personal, financial, and legal problems, but it only landed him in more trouble. But Schrenker has come out on the other side of his headline making get-a-way plan a survivor who’s trying to get along like anybody else. Here’s “From May Day to Pay.”Support the show