HOME Popular Books Popular Audioooks Popular Textbooks Popular Freebooks More Genres

Book

Audiobook

Genres

The Mystery Professor

By John Barber

Release : 2016-05-24

Genre : True Crime, Books, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This is the true story of Paul Arthur Crafton who in 1983 was dubbed ‘The Mystery Professor’ by the media in the Eastern States of America. Although genuinely qualified with a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering he taught at three Universities at the same time under three assumed names. There were certainly more as his deception was found to have been continous since 1979 or earlier as the FBI investigation got under way. He was initially uncovered as lying about his name and qualifications following the chance discovery of an article written by his real namesake for an Australian University. He was arrested as Peter H Pearse at Millersville University and then as John B Hext at Shippensburg University. Unsure of his real identity his arrest was published in the media which led to more higher education authorities recognising him as having taught for them but under a different name. His professional duplicity was mirrored by his personal life when materials for identity theft were found in one of his many apartments and then his womanising was also uncovered. Those involved in the investigation asked themselves why such an educated man would assume the career of a white collar criminal adept at creating so many false identities. Why would anyone accept the burden of travel between States and cities and at the same time try and disguise his lack of deep knowedge in the subjects he taught. Crafton’s defence was always that it was to pay for the medical treatment for his daughter who was severely disabled. What arises from this real detective story is a man dedicated to his family but also a man of so many talents that eventually led to the very public uncovering and dissection of his professional and private life. The police investigation was published in the national media and a long prison sentence was mitigated following a complicated plea bargain with the Office of the Attorney General.

The Mystery Professor

By John Barber

Release : 2016-05-24

Genre : True Crime, Books, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This is the true story of Paul Arthur Crafton who in 1983 was dubbed ‘The Mystery Professor’ by the media in the Eastern States of America. Although genuinely qualified with a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering he taught at three Universities at the same time under three assumed names. There were certainly more as his deception was found to have been continous since 1979 or earlier as the FBI investigation got under way. He was initially uncovered as lying about his name and qualifications following the chance discovery of an article written by his real namesake for an Australian University. He was arrested as Peter H Pearse at Millersville University and then as John B Hext at Shippensburg University. Unsure of his real identity his arrest was published in the media which led to more higher education authorities recognising him as having taught for them but under a different name. His professional duplicity was mirrored by his personal life when materials for identity theft were found in one of his many apartments and then his womanising was also uncovered. Those involved in the investigation asked themselves why such an educated man would assume the career of a white collar criminal adept at creating so many false identities. Why would anyone accept the burden of travel between States and cities and at the same time try and disguise his lack of deep knowedge in the subjects he taught. Crafton’s defence was always that it was to pay for the medical treatment for his daughter who was severely disabled. What arises from this real detective story is a man dedicated to his family but also a man of so many talents that eventually led to the very public uncovering and dissection of his professional and private life. The police investigation was published in the national media and a long prison sentence was mitigated following a complicated plea bargain with the Office of the Attorney General.

advertisement

Access e-books

More By John Barber

A Little Local Affair

An Echo from the Green Fields

The Lost Traveller

Insults: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

Christopher Marlowe: The Man Who Wrote Shakespeare

First Mole

Return to Fordhamton

Complete Color Mixing Guide for Acrylics, Oils, and Watercolors

The Last Resort

Quote Sport Unquote

The Naked Cellist

Childhood Eczema

Seven Days in May

Spidey

When the Dead Rise Up

Notes from the Stage Manager's Box

The Cricket Club Murders

Fifty Business Ideas

How to Approach Writing a Risk Assessment for Event Managers

The Tunnels of Hertford

Epitaph

The Wicked Lady

Colours of the Underground

John Barleycorn Must Die

Murder at the Fleetwood

The Fordhamton Trilogy

So! You Want to Be British

The 1980's Quiz Book

Leningrad 1941 - 42

Doctor Strange

The Book of Life

The Russian Doll

The Mystery Professor

The Trees Have Goats

Doctor Strange/Punisher

The Marlowe Papers

Kaos

Axis

Doctor Strange (2015) 5

Death, Dying and Disappearing in the 1980's

The Mysterious Death of Sarah Stout

A Lecture on the Importance of the Occasional Offices of the Church of England.

Barriers to Growth in Small Firms

The Gods in the Mirror

Art to the Glory of God

Hurry Up and Stop

My Almost for His Highest

Dear Jim: Our History of Itis

Riddle of the Golden River

Doctor Strange/Punisher – Wunderwaffe