Con-Artist Fakes His Own Death by Jumping from Airplane | Marcus Schrenker Case Analysis

[@katarina1852]

What a snake. He would have been at home in politics.

[@DavianSinner]

Web searches and trips to The Home Depot are the undoing of many a criminal.

[@albertafarmer8638]

🙂

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

Ha! So true.

[@drn13355]

Gotta be one of the worst fake death attempts of all time.

[@micnorton9487]

Well he got away with it for a couple days, of course they knew he wasn't dead and when they checked out the plane they found it wasn't stolen and his idiotic plan fell apart and if his plane would have killed anybody, he would have been up for murder.... Guy was a total stupidiotic criminaholic dumbs***...

[@BobbiGail]

Points for being elaborate though? Impressive planning even if severely faulty.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Yup what a bozo.

[@Ffootagefetish]

I'm confused how he hoped they would think he died? The plane ran out of gas so searching it would be no problem, was he hoping they would think he parachuted bleeding profusely despite no blood in cockpit, and bled out mid air and decomposed and chute disintegrated

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Seriously it just became laughable by the end but narcissism drives people to do dumb things because they think they're smarter than everyone else.

[@SummerKobes]

Marcus just had a bad altitude. 😂 Jokes about flying are just plane funny.

[@nhmooytis7058]

I can see you’re good at winging it.

[@SummerKobes]

@@nhmooytis7058 Excellent response. Most people don't pitch in with your quality of humor.

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@SummerKobes ty

[@michaelmoore7975]

The reason is smug overconfident men who need a plane and fancy car walking around with a hand in their pocket really only feel a little cocky. The wife was smart because she knows only careless lady who fly upside down have crack-up.

[@jameslong4511]

He could not calculate the amount of fuel he needed to get the plane to crash over the Gulf of Mexico. No wonder he wasn't a good financial planner.

[@murphychurch8251]

And how could someone have an interest in aviation, even a pilot license and a plane, and not be aware of fighter jets being deployed to unresponsive aircraft? 🤦‍♀️ I assume narcissists are just so full of themselves, they just assume their plans can have no flaws.

[@erikamccarthy1457]

2/9/24 Maybe tank not big enough and would of needed to refuel, idk I have no clue on aircraft or kind he had, guessing on my part. Bad con artist, no questions about that!

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Very good point 😅

[@cheerry777]

​@@erikamccarthy1457maybe he was being cheap about filling up all the way.

[@atticstattic]

_The Pathological Flyer_

[@sandy-quimsrus]

Was Con descending?

[@growing.grounds4054]

Seems like you’re being condescending in your question…. Ohhh wait I see what you did there 😭

[@aprilcanipe2614]

😂

[@Hatbox948]

Good one!

[@BansheesBanshin]

😂😂😂😂

[@TeaSpiracy]

Ahahah GOOD ONE 😂. You win the internet for today

[@nonnywinner5039]

I am sure law enforcement are grateful for how people search their crimes before and after 😅committing.

[@Deeeuce]

Time to drop everything and watch Dr. Grande!! Best time of the day.

[@koriharris7875]

Agreed! I stop whatever video may be on if I see his pop up 😂

[@patriciarudisill1090]

He must be related to my ex-husband. He could never tell the truth either.

[@sandrabrislin4526]

We must have been married to the same guy. Im sorry you suffered like I did. Just kidding but I know the pain

[@nancyberry1039]

I think my ex was also related to this guy & your ex. He would lie about the most mundane stuff in addition to fantastical claims. Why? What's the point? What's scary is that he believed his own BS & even if you had a mountain of evidence disputing his lies, he would never give in to admit it. Then it was never his fault but someone or something else to blame which MADE him not tell the truth. Ridiculous! It was exhausting & so embarrassing.

[@Curlyblonde]

​@@nancyberry1039 Sounds like the character "Tommy Flanagan" - The Pathological Liar that Jon Lovitz played in SNL.

[@elizabethhamm5320]

He sounds like Tom Giradhi. Tom was a lawyer who stole from clients. He claims that he has dementia but it was ruled that he is competent. A judge must also think that he suffers from fear of going to prison disorder.

[@Curlyblonde]

"Affluenza". Too rich and spoiled to be in jail. The same illness that Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan had.

[@DigitalNeb]

The picture of him in front of the Lexus and plane says it all about this guy.

[@skipperallen205]

Yep it said I am really handsome tall drink of water and people just give me their life savings.😂😂😂😂😂

[@SK-oh9ui]

I couldn't imagine taking a picture like that. I actually cringed when I saw it. 😅😅

[@vivianv8146]

It looks photoshopped though! Like maybe they WERE standing in front of the car but look at his shoulder with the plane behind it ... the zig-zag quality of early photoshop. Which makes it about 300% more pathetic. 😂

[@skipperallen205]

Yep photoshop or not .. but he had a plane .. they were a lovely couple… he wanted success but went about it the wrong way and with other people money ..but he wasn’t boring he was bad but I bet she was still happy for a while. He wasn’t dull .. just insane ..

[@laureljade3476]

places places get in your places throw on your dress and put on your doll face everyone thinks that we're perfect please don't look the curtain picture picture smile for the picture pose with your brother won't you be a good sister...

[@bunnylady6758]

I am glad he didnt murder anyone but I feel bad for those who lost their savings.😢

[@BloodHead-]

...and the KZbin award for best alliteration while imparting his opinion on incidents and crime goes to Dr. Todd Grande. 👏👏👏

[@blynch2117]

In my experience, guys like this have never done an honest day's work in their life. Now that he's out, I can only imagine what scam he's cooking up currently🤮🤢🤮🤢

[@paulthew2]

A few years in jail....meanwhile, his victims have lost their retirement. No justice there.

[@bohenriksson2330]

A fellow pilot who willfully destroys a beautiful airplane while also endangering people on the ground….. Should have gotten 20 years.

[@justinm3745]

Reminds me of that KZbinr who faked his plane crashing for views.

[@GalootWrangler]

Trevor Jacob, ultimately sentenced to six months. Bad idea to try that stunt on an audience that lives and breathes aviation. Dissected thoroughly and mercilessly right out of the gate.

[@justinm3745]

@@GalootWrangler I believe it’s procedure to investigate all aircraft collisions/crashes in the US? If so, that surely didn’t help him lmao.

[@lostandfound5145]

@@justinm3745but that KZbinr filmed his stupid deception and showed it to an audience of enthusiasts. What a maroon 😂

[@willelliott5052]

My dad would say that a liar is always also a thief. I realized later that lying is indeed always a form of theft.

[@gravypatron]

Remember that the next time your girl asks if her ass looks big in her pants and you say no.

[@hopeausbyn1734]

Keeping the truth from someone is done to steal, time, attention, at the very least.

[@TecOneself]

That's interesting, never thought of that and now that you mention I always named them together, with the spray of gossip with malevolence to destroy from whom they took, hence just a lie is not good enough.

[@willelliott5052]

exactly@@hopeausbyn1734

[@onlyeyeno]

I'm not in any way trying to defend people who consciously or unconsciously lie for malicious reasons. BUT I still personally feel that people talking about lying without context, are either misdirected or a bit foolish, as there can be a MILEWIDE difference between two "lies". For instance some lies are purely intended as "social lubricant", which brings the "lier" no benefit other than avoiding mutual discomfort or even strife that the "raw truth" would have caused. Not to mention all the utter lies that are used solely for the benefit of the recipient. And every normally functional adult lies in this way, quite frequently. And I'm not accusing You of doing so here, rather just pointing out that "taring all lies with same brush" is a bit ignorant. Best regards.

[@bobave2463]

Once again! Pensacola, Florida! You're on a roll, Doc. That plane crashed less than 20 miles from here. And--no way--he moves here after prison. He'll fit in well with our other grandiose, lying sociopaths.

[@lelandfranklin3487]

Read the Indy Monthly article (pic in your story) about how amazing he was....and felt like my life was a waste. My wife said, "who know what he is really like?" A few months later everything fell apart for him...she was so right.

[@eze4life1000]

#1 thing I learned from Doc G? Never do sketchy internet searches on your own computer while planning crimes ✌️👽

[@nhmooytis7058]

And stay the heck outa Home Depot 😅

[@KraftyKreator]

There is a whole list of rules Simon Whistler of Casual Criminalist has mentioned. #1 Don’t write down your crimes, but erase your internet search history is on there I believe.

[@zenawarrior7442]

Yikes. What a lier & narcissist. Great & fun analysis again, agree with your points. Thanks Dr G😊🧡🧡

[@HypocritesExposd]

The Con Air

[@katharineanonymous6992]

I love how frequently you upload videos, we don’t deserve it but we’ll take it😭😭💓

[@sondragramse1770]

Too many to keep up sometimes.

[@sheilagravely5621]

How or why would you do that to your family and friends?? WHY?

[@JaneDoe-vi5yc]

Admirable alliteration is astonishingly arduous to attain. Amazing artistry, Dr. Ample!

[@micnorton9487]

The Doc knows his audiences sympathy for autistic spectrum alphabetical similarities always signifying a similar arrangement satisfying all susceptible, A-fans lol ...

[@vinnyguitara]

Doc you are the man.... always make these last hours go by so quickly :)

[@amyfreakinkrupa]

Always a good day when I can drive home listening to the apostle of alliterations! Thank you for all you do, Dr. Grande!!

[@SapphireSakaki]

He l👀ks like a trixter. Trixter meaning- A dishonest person who uses trickery to defraud others A person who is skilled in the use of tricks and illusion, such as a stage magician A cunning or deceptive character that appears in various forms in the folklore of many cultures A cheat or deceiver A person who plays trick

[@nadiacusan3799]

i am wondering did you ever do D.B cooper that would be very interesting on your thoughts about cooper

[@micnorton9487]

I don't think there is anything known about DB Cooper since the name itself was an alias... All that's known was the guy was astoundingly prepared, phenomenally knowledgeable about the technical aspects of what he was doing, and was one daring son of a gun who got away with one of the weirdest armed robberies in history... Of course his only weapon was a bomb which I don't even think was actually a bomb either that or he took it with him,, and the only psychological indications of the perpetrator was that he was extremely meticulous, did his homework and had nerves of steel to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish, and not really hurting anyone in the process...... Completely weird.......

[@troy3456789]

This video could help someone avoid a bad outcome with him if they decide to look him up. I have no reason to believe he won't continue to con others. The prison system really is just to protect innocent people from people that create victims in peaceful but vulnerable society., nothing more.

[@TheBub26]

Marcus sounded like he could make the cut for American Greed. he did

[@theraptorsnest5891]

What's with idiots jumping out of perfectly good flying airplanes?

[@mikeballard8404]

He was in jail here in Milton Florida, an acquaintance of mine befriended him in our local jail, after they both got out I discovered he hasn't changed. He owns some kind of small construction company and continues with his antics. He has a young family now.

[@richard-ni7tp]

really son of a bitch started a new family huh?

[@R281]

He had a good life prior to all the shenanigans. I dont know why he had to cheat people out of money.

[@licmir3663]

@@R281probably because the “good life” he had before marriage was already the result of scams.

[@sydneyspecialistperioperat5605]

Leonardo Di Caprio’s next movie

[@micnorton9487]

Lenny's still taking action roles? Then again this guy is more dumbbell dolt than death defying daredevil.....

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Man, that was a massive mountain of alliteration.

[@lostandfound5145]

Alternatively, it was an alluring amount of alliteration 😂

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@lostandfound5145absolutely!

[@localbod]

He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. 😅

[@pameladee]

His poor kids. They have to live knowing baby daddy is a loser. His wife was beautiful and I’m sure her life sucked with him! 🌵 Great speculation, Dr. G

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

You're making accusations and assumptions based on limited information. You don't know what his wife was like behind closed doors You just assume .

[@maddyc2412]

​@@Jeff-sp7bgit wasn't about her it was about him. We know what he was like so being around someone that selfish and stupid would be miserable

[@melfreemans]

Financial planner usually means they sell whole life insurance.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

We appreciate how well you articulate your insights, Dr Grande. You'll always have our support.

[@stacykeller3812]

Are you serious? I literally watched a super OLD episode of Who the Bleep did I Marry last night, and it was on Marcus! I have to say…. He was very attractive. I know that means nothing when you’re a cheating crook…. So odd that you are covering this case today!!

[@atticstattic]

A very attractive _couple_

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

I think being very attractive helps in charming people.

[@gogreen7794]

I'm sure many people thought the two had a perfect life. I bet his wife thought that, too, for a while. I wonder how she supported herself and her kids after her marriage and her lifestyle fell apart. On the other hand, she probably figured something out.

[@dwaynemcallister7231]

His inner light is so ugly it taints his physical appearance, from my view.

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

I've found that more than a few people who are incredible salespersons also are con artists or at least lying about or omitting something the buyer needs to know⚛😀

[@Vixen522]

Always adore awesome alliteration! I employ such emphatic embellishments in my emails. Wonderful work! 👏 👏

[@fitzroy-q4g]

Was he incarcerated in "Club Fed"? Hardly a Prison at all!

[@palletwizard]

Thank you king!

[@suzanneharris8339]

I wonder how it is that a wife stays in a marriage long enough to have 3 kids with such a flagrant pathological liar. She never realized their lavish lifestyle was based on fraud? Interesting case.

[@Curlyblonde]

Concerted willful ignorance while living it up. Typically though, when the money is gone, so are they.

[@fixfalcon2628]

In all fairness, it's quite impressive that he was able to successfully parachute out of a plane close to where he wanted to land, on his first ever attempt without any training. If the plane had continued on, crashed into the ocean, and he hadn't sent that email, he might have gotten away scot-free.

[@conniethingstad1070]

wonder why I never heard about this. Lived in that area and born in Anderson. Thanks for the video.

[@Meela234]

He was ready to throw his whole family out with the trash to start a new life. They should all now know how much he does NOT care about them, children and parents included. But I am sure many are deluding themselves into thinking he still loves them but was just too scared to face going to prison. Guaranteed he is getting good money on his books from his family.

[@ruffmeow9893]

Dr TG - you're a beast - releasing so often. Take care of youself

[@jimc.goodfellas]

A real DB Cooper eh

[@RullXov]

Ya, in an exact opposite way....😅

[@micnorton9487]

​​@@RullXovYeah the only part that was similar to DB Cooper was he jumped out of a plane with a parachute... He probably thought when the plane crashed into the ocean, that his body just not being found would be easily accepted and the flight recorder would record his unfortunate last moments.... I'm thinking this idiot actually had a bank account in another name or whatever, and he was going to cash in his own life insurance for his own death, under another name... But nobody found the policy and since he didn't die anyway, it probably just ended when he missed the last premium.... And the two Air Force fighters scrambled to check out his plane,, this genius definitely didn't count on that ...

[@RullXov]

@@micnorton9487 .Its really pathetic that he got such a weak sentence and only did 4 years in prison for all the crimes he committed. White collar privilege is bs.

[@micnorton9487]

​@@RullXovAgree,, because of the two fighter jets they should have charged him with some sort of terrorism, I bet they wondered if they'd have to shoot it down..... With a good lawyer though you can get off with anything in this country......

[@RullXov]

4 years is a very weak sentence for intentionally wrecking an aircraft, there could have been people killed on the ground by that action. I don't like the majority of federal sentences, because on the whole they are much lighter than state sentences are..

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

And the lives he in effect ruined in thieving their money.

[@mmattification]

Love the consistency

[@user-od3be8ny4o]

If I don't hear "but that didn't take off" I'm gonna start to believe me and Todd arent sacred spirits 😅😂

[@nhmooytis7058]

His jokes almost always land 😊

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@nhmooytis7058 this one crashed and burned.

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@thebigpicture2032 yipper!

[@kelliearnold8498]

Thank you Dr.Grande!! Amazing work as Always!!

[@lynzistringer]

Haven’t gotten into the story yet, but has to comment because I never hear about things that happen so close to where I live! I grew up in Oaklandon, which is super close but way less rich 😂 The fact that this person is from where I am makes me want to learn more about the case

[@susanhill149]

Dr Grande do you take viewer suggestions? I would like to suggest the case of Robert Yurkanin jr who killed his father on ft Lauderdale beach in 2007. It got some press due to do many people witnessing the event and the father had Alzheimer’s. Bobby as he was known was a strange guy my husband and I knew as a friend for a while before this happened. I’d be interested to hear your a analysis of the crime and his very light sentence he ended up receiving. Thanks!

[@JoseRodriguez-ye6nj]

Your opinions and speculations are very accurate. Thank you Mr. Todd

[@roshpinna6708]

... I'm not diagnosing anybody in this video only speculating that he was *self centered charismatic manipulative deceptive grandiose sense of entitlement* 😂😅😄

[@antnfs]

To be fair those are descriptors not diagnoses. But yeah it is a pretty flat disclaimer.

[@hopeausbyn1734]

That "side chick" was his undoing. It all fell apart once he continued to double cross his wife and continued to see his "other woman."

[@jaimeparedes9188]

I met this guy Marcus several years ago at a Star Trek convention. He had me convinced that he was Bill Shatner. The guy was that good.

[@sheilagravely5621]

Was he that good? Or were you that gullible??? Dude looks nothing like Shatner, plus he's like 90 years old.

[@jaimeparedes9188]

It's a joke, genius. @@sheilagravely5621

[@birdworldist]

Yes king go off

[@Flamsterette]

Holidays are up! (had to charge my phone)

[@basilodira4423]

This is typical criminal mind He played this in his head and never imagined the plan not working.

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

Why don't any of these criminal masterminds ever think to use a public computer, say, at a library in another county or somewhere? Or buy a cheap computer and destroy it after the search or whatever?🤔

[@gogreen7794]

I'm glad they don't!

[@DavianSinner]

The ones we don't hear about do that.

[@johng4093]

His searches still could be saved in the cloud and linked to his account, depending on how he did it. The devil is in the details.

[@cUser691]

@lifespanwellnessbeautyAt libraries, even to use their public computers, one must have a library card. To be issued a library card, one must complete a simple application with name, address, and a govt-issued ID must be verified. So, law enforcement could track his searches from his library card [once they confiscated his documents and other evidence] and verify, based on his library card #, what Internet searches were conducted.

[@albertafarmer8638]

@@gogreen7794 Me too.

[@Dirthawker611]

Hi Dr. Grande. How can we make requests?

[@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs]

A story involving flatulence? That would be cool.

[@DrGrande]

Just ask in the comments :)

[@micnorton9487]

​@@DrGrandeOKAY HOW ABOUT Stephen Miller,, the well-known Republican moonbat fascist who crafted Donald the dumpster Trump's speeches while he was his White House staffer,, and continues to spout dangerous Q cult conspiracy theories and is angling for another gig at the White House if The Dumpster becomes dictator in charge.......

[@duvessa2003]

Good Morning America should not be rewarding criminals by interviewing them.

[@francislarv3012]

Greed goeth before the fall. The common thread through most of your cases.

[@michaeldetroit.8125]

The way Dr. Grande describes Marcus’ personality it sounded identical to a former US President of ours

[@Thechangelingpnw]

Marcus lied more than my family, so that’s a lot. 😂

[@justinw8765]

Love all the 'm' words, very clever.

[@concettaworkman5895]

"Florida was going to have an unexpected visitor," LOL.

[@rosehuss1186]

I’m listening to this while playing RuneScape. It’s become a constant background in my home

[@Receipt]

Alliteration is Always Appreciated.

[@sarahissersohn5495]

Absolutely

[@tessajones9393]

It's unreal. Who thinks financial planners make that much money though unless they're doing something shady

[@MarioDSLife]

How do murders and kidnappers get less time than him?

[@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211]

The first problem is people believing that finance, economics, and investing are all fields in rocket science. The second is being stupid enough to hand their money over to somebody else or some other firm to invest it for them. JUST DO IT YOURSELVES 😊

[@stephanieparker1250]

Wwhhhhyy do rich people do shit like this?! The lying, stealing, insane purchases, cheating .. I don’t understand. I just want a little home and paid bills. Ffs

[@albertafarmer8638]

That's how many of them get rich in the first place.

[@stephanieparker1250]

@@albertafarmer8638 yea true 🤬

[@elhe9098]

Masterful alliteration, Todd!

[@Jane-zp7hy]

Marcus is one of those people who find it hard/painful to tell the truth!

[@ginafrancis4950]

Does someone like Marcus ever change? What’s he been up to all this time?

[@PerfectInterview]

He would have been smarter to just jump out of the plane and let it crash in the Gulf without alerting ATC with his phony story of the windscreen failing. Private airplanes crash all the time with little or no explanation. Of course he should have calculated his fuel burn more carefully also.

[@oljag13]

Could you please make a video regarding Josef Fritzl - should he be released?

[@mistrjt9213]

Once a con, always a loser. The picture of him in front of his things (a plane and his vehicle, in particular) made -me- everyone cringe.

[@mistrjt9213]

14:05 DocG provides a crazy accurate summary doing his thing with the MmM and acts like it's no big deal.

[@sarawalton8599]

I went to church/small group with the Schrenkers nanny. When it all came raining down.

[@bthomson]

Early and happy.

[@mistyblues6762]

Thanks for another interesting video

[@susandempsey8139]

Nice job in the Summary!

[@Robotron2084psn]

Marvelous manuscript, Dr.

[@tantelila7464]

.....and MY analysis is: Marcus watched too much "Columbo"..... RIP Johnny Cash and Peter Falk!

[@KruezFam]

Yay!

[@dirtypatwalsh]

Yes yes you can Dr. G!!!❤

[@Jessrenee294]

This was right by me

[@MrStringybark]

All Marcus Schrenker needed to reach the heights of the American Dream was a father who left him $400 million. But no, this poor scammer had to rely on his own skills to buy his 10,000 sqft mansion, Ooops sorry Marcus I meant a 30,000 sqft mansion just as you told everybody.

[@emilyevans6989]

Alliteration. . . nice touch.

[@bradsanders6954]

Marcus simply picked the wrong career path, he would have blended in with the current crop of politicians in the US with no problem. With 10 or 15 indictments he could be a front runner right now. He would have to bump up the volume of lies if hes not to be left behind.

[@healerscreek]

Sounds like trump! I'm guessing he'll try to escape to Mother Russia when he realizes he can't lie his way out of the criminal charges he now faces. Time to pay the piper, even if it didn't crash. 😂

[@KimQueen-l7q]

why didn't he just fly to Mexico and disappear? Too attached to his motorbike?

[@winkieblink7625]

Wife is lucky she’s alive. His personality sounds like a sociopath where a targeted person could get in his way of achieving his goals. Another Scott Peterson.

[@chudleyflusher7132]

“An upscale mansion on the outskirts of Indianapolis”. I can’t imagine a weaker flex.