Conman Impersonates Missing Children | Tales From the Bottle

A man impersonates a missing child and fools his family into thinking he's still alive. It sounds bad, but it somehow gets worse.
"Nicholas Barclay, aged 13 at the time he went missing, was last seen playing basketball with his friends in his home town of San Antonio, Texas, on 13 June 1994. Barclay never made it home and has not been seen or heard from since. In 1997, Bourdin took Barclay's identity and was flown to the United States. Although Bourdin had brown eyes and a French accent, he convinced the family he was their blue-eyed son, saying he had escaped from a child prostitution ring and the ring had altered his eye color. Bourdin lived with the family for almost five months until 6 March 1998.
In late 1997, a local private investigator grew suspicious while he was working with a TV crew that had been filming the family. The investigator compared a photo of Bourdin's ears to Nicholas's ears and discovered that they did not match. In February 1998, the FBI obtained a court order to take the young man's fingerprints and DNA, which were later identified as belonging to Bourdin. In September 1998, Bourdin pleaded guilty to passport fraud and perjury in a San Antonio federal court. He was imprisoned for six years, more than twice as long as recommended by the sentencing guidelines.
When Bourdin was returned to France from the U.S. in 2003, he moved to Grenoble and assumed the identity of Léo Balley, a 14-year-old French boy who had been missing since 1996; DNA testing proved he was not Balley.
In August 2004, he was in Spain, claiming to be an adolescent named Rubén Sánchez Espinoza whose mother had been killed in the Madrid bomb attacks. When the police found out the truth, they deported him to France.
In June 2005, Bourdin passed himself off as Francisco Hernandes-Fernandez, a 15-year-old Spanish orphan, and spent a month in the Collège Jean Monnet (a junior high school) in Pau, France. He claimed that his parents had been killed in a car accident. He dressed as a teenager, adopted a proper walking style, covered his receding hairline with a baseball cap and used depilatory face creams. On 12 June, an administrator from his school unmasked him after seeing a television program about his exploits. On 16 September, he was sentenced to four months in prison for possessing and using the previous false identity of Léo Balley.
According to interviews, Bourdin has been looking for "love and affection" and attention he never received as a child. He has pretended to be an orphan several times."
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[@adipocere3340]

Irish

[@oasis4563]

Spring

[@adipocere3340]

@@oasis4563 yes

[@nickd3157]

@@oasis4563 no

[@gatorermy8204]

Oklahoma bombing video when?

[@Nazareth69420]

This whole situation is 100x more bizzare if you actually believe that the family killed Nicholas, and then accepted him as his own kid to cover it up.

[@fupert]

wait what

[@aniquinstark4347]

That's absolutely what happened. The older brother most likely killed nicolas.

[@adyatma1]

@chico cocaine

[@phnexOice]

it's certainly a logical thing to do, but since we don't have enough evidence, we're likely never going to know for sure

[@alexanderlittle500]

Not really. Its a good cover for their murder.

[@nitrocharge2404]

This is so immoral and yet still so impressive that he managed to pull it off

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZbinr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear ni

[@broccolirob5026]

Maybe the family took him in because they thought it would take heat off of them for making the 13 year old disappear 😳

[@randomtalldudewhoisverytal9171]

True

[@daviddavidson2357]

If the family killed the son by accident then this person was the perfect excuse. People can get awful violent on coke and very self centred on H. I've never seen anyone go as far as to harm their own child personally but a coke addict and H addict aren't exactly good company speaking from experience. One wants to make an impression on everyone around them and the other doesn't want to care, throw a kid into the mix, especially a fifteen year old with tattoos and maybe the family curse and it's a recipe for disaster.

[@satan1189]

Not impressive at all tbh

[@biblemaniswatchingyoumastu1920]

The bit about the family likely being responsible for the boys disappearance is especially messed up, strange to think that this guy might not even have been the main evil force in that household. Just something deeply disturbed about thinking about living in a house with people who know you aren’t what you say you afe

[@shellz5567]

God that’s so weird,I bet they didn’t care that much since nobody would really be looking for a body anymore

[@jt8162]

That is crazy if he was right.. they would be hiding someone they knew was fake to protect themselves. What a crazy world.

[@LTPottenger]

Maybe they wanted to kill again

[@No-xw7mo]

It’s like robbing a house then finding bodies in the fridge.

[@Tomi-oe5mz]

Why are you watching me?

[@mikehawk5492]

To be fair if the family had killed Nicholas accidentally or not, taking in this stranger as the missing boy would be the perfect way to close the case and cover it up.

[@MT-lc3lt]

It's be stupid. He turned up 3 years after the boy went missing. 3 years where the police didn't find anything. They didn't need an alibi after that much time, It'd just raise unwanted attention to the case.

[@lordodin92]

@@MT-lc3lt you do realise that missing people cases are kept open for year in the hopes of new information. 3 years is relatively short length of time.

[@missvida6251]

Exactly. They killed him

[@iMajoraGaming]

i mean, no, not really

[@ArcticArmy]

@@MT-lc3lt Late, but if they just denied him without at least looking then it would imply that they already knew the missing boy was dead.

[@brianstearns3692]

You should do one about the Italian hospital worker who got paid for 15 years without showing up. Truly a GOAT of gold brickers.

[@Matt-vh2ci]

Here in Italy it's a common thing to work without actually showing up the the workplace

[@brianstearns3692]

@@Matt-vh2ci That's interesting. And you mean apart from the remote work boom of the last year I am guessing?

[@Matt-vh2ci]

@@brianstearns3692 yes, it's a common problem expecially in the south and in public offices, and Italy has very few institutions that are private

[@worldcomicsreview354]

In the grounds of Osaka Castle Park, somebody ran a food stall for something like 30 years without permission. He just set up one day, and every staff member just assumed it must be okay.

[@amarreezlan7131]

@@worldcomicsreview354 that’s common in most places

[@gamingary]

I dare say if the family were responsible for barclays disappearance having a stranger turn up claiming to be the person you've gotten rid of could be a good way to keep yourself in the clear

[@Fort976]

Must still be insanely weird for the family, though, a random dude showing up and impersonating him like that.

[@DrDirt-fk5ls]

It was Chris Rock who once said, "...if you call your Grandma, mom, and your real mom by her first name... you're going to prison!"

[@coltleeswildrides1853]

Lol my lil brother called mom by her first name and he indeed went too prison hahahahahaha

[@DrDirt-fk5ls]

@@coltleeswildrides1853 sorry, friend. That sucks.

[@coltleeswildrides1853]

It's all good hes out now an back too normal life but damn Chris Rock was so on point with that one haha

[@Someone-ig7we]

what? why. and why dont fathers have a problem with it. and how does this relate to the video

[@DrDirt-fk5ls]

@@Someone-ig7we his parents were crap. His grandparents adopted him at age 2. Do you remember 2?

[@Infernos94]

Crazy to think how this would have been different if it happened in a time like the 40s or 50s when technology was inferior

[@wireknight]

No

[@4Thug2Life0]

Bro finger prints existed in the 40s and before that you would just have to wait a few weeks to get a hit back on them.

[@balloonhead61]

They killed the kid and accepted the imposter not to seem suspicious

[@llab3903]

@@balloonhead61 amogus

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@balloonhead61 amongus

[@mikeliu2552]

I read "conman" as "congressman" for a second and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone in congress did that

[@macswanton9622]

I stop reading comments, when I'm sure they won't get any better. Congrats!

[@Yesmanpersondude]

You didn’t read it wrong thats literally the same thing

[@dannypipewrench533]

We all know that "conman" is just the short form of "congressman."

[@nickg421]

If you look at the moms expression in the photo with the impersonator, I could easily believe that's the face of a woman who knows her son isn't in front of her.

[@ElCaPiTaNelalelu]

I can't get over the fact that a 13 year old boy has Tattoos. WTF

[@speez6106]

Mom was a junkie.

[@Tomi-oe5mz]

I had tattoos at 15. But 13..

[@philipsmi-lenguyen8155]

Umm. I had a massive dragon tattoo done on my whole chest when i was 11 yrs old cause i joined a gang at that time.

[@emghee2510]

For someone named "el capitan" i don't think you've been south of the border. XD

[@commanderc.l.i.t5772]

When I was in grade 5 there was a kid in my class that had a baby devil tattoo on the back of his shoulder.. His father was a biker lol the kid is now an author or something

[@themonkeyshead7520]

The Imposter (the documentary about this) is pretty damn good at showing just how manipulative Bourdin is.

[@epicgamernik76]

I'm not fucking watching a movie called "the imposter"

[@smorley4359]

sus

[@themonkeyshead7520]

@@epicgamernik76 Amogus

[@chrisobrien6249]

@@epicgamernik76 when the imposter is sus! Sussy!

[@SkipperDannyD]

It bored me shitless

[@threemar3]

When you grow up being treated poorly and learning to live by deceiving people, it's difficult to ever change that. You KNOW this is a survival mechanism because he's not trying to gain wealth from it. It's really awesome that he was able to start a family despite all that.

[@lucasduque8289]

This is the craziest story ever featured in this channel. And that's quite an achievement.

[@mariomurcia7509]

Idk the communist escape plane thing was pretty crazy. Also the transgender car video. And the Olympics gone wrong video, that one had me rolling

[@lucasduque8289]

@@mariomurcia7509 they're all pretty crazy, sure. But this one involves a fully grown man pretending to be a missing teenager, and the possibility of the family having killed that kid and just accepting the stranger pretending to be their child into their home just to cover it up.

[@mariomurcia7509]

@@lucasduque8289 yeah I know I saw the video

[@lucasduque8289]

@@mariomurcia7509 feck, no need to be rude

[@itogi]

Wait until Qxir finds something that is even more crazy.

[@mcbamm5683]

The fact that Vice tried to pass this guy off as a goodie in the story speaks volumes.

[@LTPottenger]

Investigative journalism sjw style!

[@nemoguy]

Goddamn when was that?

[@mcbamm5683]

@@nemoguy A recent short documentary they ran on Snapchat.

[@shenkichin6295]

I mean if the family really did kill their son and cover it up, he kinda is the goodie. Making the family pay to provide for him or else admit that they killed their son 😂

[@bloodyhell8201]

(Doubt)

[@zacht1217]

Im from San Antonio and bro in 92 I grew up hearing about Barclay

[@N00N01]

😲

[@djinstant2191]

I was 92 in tonio an san bro and grew im from up

[@buddyltd]

@@djinstant2191 Oh, you're from Up? Which one are you, Carl, Ellie or Muntz?

[@GIANT406]

Jesus Christ. This is darker than the “Last Moments” series...

[@marcuslaffey1637]

Last moments is like a Disney movie compared to this particular case

[@willzeigler4548]

This seems like a double jeopardy, Frederick was a criminal trying to pretend to be a missing kid, the Barclays (I think that’s the right spelling) were looking for a solid coverup for the murder of the son(allegedly). That could explain the lack or realization from the family when their child doesn’t recognize family members, or have any shared memories.

[@crypticgaming4485]

This. Barclay's dead.

[@LotsOfS]

It's a match made in... hell? What are the odds that some random stranger pretending to be your murder victim will just randomly call you out of nowhere...

[@kolinmartz]

Would also explain their defensiveness against authorities trying to take Bourdin away.

[@zedxcu]

this is like a cartoon episode

[@ambi3nttech]

that’s not what double jeopardy is, m8.

[@bxdxggxdxb2775]

I've heard of 2 or 3 cases like this. One was a woman in her late 20s, who'd spent over ten years impersonating different missing, teenage boys- kids literally half her age. I think some parents get so desperate that, even though deep down they know "this isn't my kid", just playing along gives them comfort. Like Skinner's mum in The Simpsons, when she finds out that other guy was impersonating Seymor since Vietnam

[@johnladuke6475]

HEY! The judge ordered us to never speak of Harman Tamzarian ever again!

[@cyb3rfa1ry666]

that episode messed me UP as a kid lmao

[@andywei3092]

Imagine being a professional impersonating con and realizing you lived with a family of murderers

[@threeomgthree]

I bet the family accepted him as their son/brother because they saw it as the perfect opportunity to evade capture. “What do you mean we killed him? Hes right here.”

[@thesauciestboss4039]

The theory that the family killed Nicholas would make an incredible movie from the conman's pov

[@Ender_Rock]

Honestly, given the fact that he was a professional conman, I wouldn't put it past him to actually be able to figure out the possiblity that his "family" had a con of their own

[@bradj977]

Is it sad that I've been sat refreshing, waiting for this video since Sunday?

[@sting-e4494]

What's sad is your name is Bradley Jones 🤣😅

[@Hiihtopipa]

@@sting-e4494 truly an f moment

[@r.m.5548]

Yes, it is sad. You see that big rectangular thing on the wall? It's called a door. Go outside once in a while.

[@bradj977]

Well that's the last time I try be social. Cheers guys 🤣

[@yommmrr]

Qxir please do a video on Brendan Abbott from Australia. Highly intelligent bank robber who escaped maximum security prison twice and stole about 5 million over the span of 10 years. Theres a movie the postcard bandit.

[@foxtailedcritter]

Yes we need fellow Aussies on here. There's enough batty and insane stories from criminals, prisoners and just bizzare and interesting tales from here.

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

Yes please!

[@ShadowXII]

I find it difficult to sympathize with the family when their laziness and drug use is what got him missing in the first place. In fact, if they are directly or indirectly responsible, his 'return' is a big win for them, because then he can't have been murdered.

[@SecretMarsupial]

You’re despicable. Assuming they had nothing to do with their family members disappearance then no amount of laziness or drug use would justify someone hurting that child. Only sick people think this way.

[@pewpew4545]

I watched the documentary about this and it wasn’t really painted so unkindly there, I became convinced that the family had killed Nicholas themselves and were attempting to use Frederic as a cover story. Who knows though, I just think it’s interesting that the story get painted in different ways...

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

So you trust the second hand account of a manipulate abuser, who knowing took advantage of a grieving family; for his own benefit?

[@pewpew4545]

@@AJSSPACEPLACE No? I made an educated guess based on my intuition and the evidence provided in the way it was in the documentary...

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

@@pewpew4545 which Documentary was it? I know a few have been made, and I’m interested to see the perspective that one offers

[@pewpew4545]

@@AJSSPACEPLACE The Imposter, even when it was seemingly totally obvious that he wasn’t their child, they were still totally adamant that he was. It felt a lot like the family had adopted him as a cover story..

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

@@pewpew4545 I’m not sure. Grief and joy both have a tendency to override emotion. Perhaps part of them felt that admitting this wasn’t their son, would be like loosing their son for a second time.

[@criminallyautistic8372]

Well damn. Even the devil would be like, "Bro what's wrong with you?"

[@tna--]

he has a documentary about him : "The Man With 500 Identities" hes very clever with a 140 IQ, and maried with 5 children since 2005

[@ike8144]

whoa fr ? i’m boutta look that up Ok update, I just watched it. it’s crazy that in the interview he was talking like he was proud of what he did lol

[@swettyspaghtti]

" 5 childs" lmao

[@trezapoioiuy]

Plot twist: he actually is impersonating one of his 5 children. And his wife.

[@kaykutcher2103]

@@trezapoioiuy They're all him.

[@trezapoioiuy]

@@kaykutcher2103 so if I one gets caught he can still impersonate the other ones

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

I’m always grateful for an upload from this guy.

[@nickd3157]

A perfect example of how a butterfly can flap its wings in New York, and cause rain in Tokyo.

[@r.m.5548]

No

[@Tester-sh1mn]

*Actually* Butterflies don't control or even report on the weather.

[@spiderweb1212]

For anyone wondering; Nick is referencing the "Butterfly Effect", a belief where even the smallest actions could cause large impacts on something that could be considered completely unrelated.

[@nickd3157]

@@spiderweb1212 thank you for being the ONLY one to understand what i was talking about. I swear people continue to get dumber and dumber these days

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@nickd3157 People know what you were referencing, but nobody knows why you're saying that this is an example of thaat.

[@kommandantvalentine6272]

Who doesn’t like acting like I kid, my grandpa has been crying ever since I broke up with my minecraft gf still don’t know why

[@sting-e4494]

That's so sad, maybe he once had a Minecraft gf

[@brookiecrackie3646]

Omg that's so sad- wait a minute 0_0

[@AudraBurgess]

Wow

[@sam8742]

Val how the fuck did I find you here

[@notinonit]

uhh.?

[@sauce-us4qt]

this man took among us to a whole different level

[@portman3950]

HAHA

[@-xolyon-1805]

SUS

[@GregoMetalGamer]

When the deciever is suspicious 😳

[@craftingwithclay1255]

Pretty sad all around. I think he just wanted the family he never had.

[@SkipperDannyD]

Shut up

[@sillydude8773]

No, YOU shut up

[@zynel413]

@@SkipperDannyD bruh. Just look at 10:13

[@burbahawa]

If this guy had a new network I would always watch it. I love your work Bwana (Lord) Qxir. From Kenya

[@daviddavidson2357]

"I'm only a teenager you can't impose adult laws on me!" Gee, I wonder where certain people got that idea from?

[@iMajoraGaming]

wot? "certain people?" "that idea?" wdym? trying people under the age of majority as adults isn't like, automatic, the default is to charge them as a juvenile, which carries different sentencing structures. whether or not they're charged as adults requires a separate action, and what age that petition becomes an option at varies, it also varies depending on the crime. some crimes can be charged as adult crimes at any age, like homicide. it's not even "an idea" people got from somewhere, some people don't know that the courts can elect to charge you as an adult at certain ages, some people just lack that knowledge. it's not an acquired idea, if that was what you were saying, which it may or may not be, because i have no idea what you were trying to say, or what group or thing you were referencing as the source of smoothbrain. is it like, TV? the internet? brazzers? i'm legitimately confused as to what this was trying to say tbh

[@lucashf7340]

It would make perfect sense why the family accepted him into the home if they actually killed the real son, they were trying to cover up the murder, and were worried that if they were too skeptical of the son then the police would be suspicious of how strongly they believed the son was no longer around, so they took him in instead of turning him away, which would allow them to cover up even more smoothly for the murder. If you think about it like this, it makes a lot of sense why they so blindly accepted him into the home and refused to believe he was someone else, because it was perfectly covering up the murder they committed.

[@elishh8173]

I agree. The family probably killed him or at least were involved in his death

[@rttrttyan]

Honestly, hearing the childhood of Frédéric Bourdin, I have to question if it was really immorality that caused his actions. He had piss poor parents, then lived with his grandparents (which, IMO based off my own grandparents, would still not be the most stable of environments). It also explains his “flights of fancy”. Sometimes making up a story about your past is easier than accepting your true past. Once he got sent to a youth home he finally got stability. Thus it could be possible that his brain intrinsically tied youth homes with stability. As far as faking being a missing kid? I’m guessing the one youth home asking for proof of his age made him realize this form of stability was ending for him and he was desperate to find any other form he could. Then he finds out that he could pass as a missing kid. Thus potentially giving him stability that would last (as well as “parents” who actually loved “him”). I don’t know any more about this story than what was said in the video so there is a fair chance something disproves some or all of that, this is just me saying that there are people that do immoral things but not for immoral reasons.

[@tiedyedowl8367]

“I will only provide a urine sample when asked.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Palmit_]

The artwork, everytime. Great stories. But the artwork. Simple looking, but dead spot on to the story and so accurate portraying the feeling/emotion. I tried drawing a character with crossed arms. I suggest anybody try that. Not so easy.

[@joat150]

I love this story exactly the way it is. Thank you so much for telling it!

[@ImSquiggs]

Man, if you're clever enough to pull all this stuff off you're clever enough to get a retail job and support yourself... what a cruel monster person. And all because you're just lazy, what a bad excuse.

[@ImSquiggs]

@l L Yeah, I heard that at the end... maybe. I personally feel like he's a ne'er-do-well that made excuses for the horrible things he did when he was caught, but I don't know what it was like to go through his life so I could be wrong. Either way, rough life or not, what he did to other people is so heartless that I don't have much sympathy for him either way.

[@johnladuke6475]

Indeed, there has to be a motivation other than just laziness or profit. My workplace is negligent about disciplining/helping an addict on staff (employment law here says we can't just fire the drunk cokehead even if management coule get their act together). The guy does all kinds of little cheats and corner-cutting on his work to make it seem like he's working while he's actually wasting time drinking, snorting or napping. I've done the same job and cleaned up all his silly leftover hidden work, and I'm positive that it would actually be less physical and mental effort for him to just do the job the right way, rather than bending over backwards trying to cheat. He's not doing it because he's lazy, he's doing it because the grip of his addiction has him convinced that it's somehow saving him effort when it's really just making time for him to get wasted on the clock. It has GOT to be easier to just earn your money and pay your way rather than constantly living someone else's rules while also faking an identity. Profit doesn't make sense as a motive for this guy's messed up actions.

[@MultiSciGeek]

I distinctly remember watching a documentary about this on a plane in 2013. Idk why but I found it really good. This was a refresher/walk down memory lane.

[@laemon8314]

This video is so cool! Thank you again, Qxir!!!! Also.... I'm not into getting pegged anymore guys

[@tgirlpits]

Peg me

[@PanzaFax]

lmfao

[@jimhurst82]

I like his dance moves lol. In The Imposter, they show clips of him dancing in prison and he seems like there’s not a care in the world

[@TheBeteljuice]

"That's the way that we became the Brady bunch!"

[@juliagreen423]

I just want to say thanks for the little voice at the beginning that tells me how to pronounce Qxir and saves me from feeling a little dumber

[@daphenomenalz4100]

Atleast he never took advantage of others, by stealing or doing something bad with others

[@Venus03]

When the 16 year old is sus 😳

[@Isaac1703]

He is pretty sick do

[@Luis-fw5hw]

Bro the vid is 11 minutes it was posted like 5 minutes ago. You didn’t watch shit lmao

[@tungabunga4107]

@@Luis-fw5hw orrr maybe OP already knows of this conman

[@gretathuumberg]

@@Luis-fw5hw The joke: ✈️ Your head: 🙂

[@Johnnyhobo96]

There’s a really popular documentary about this case

[@8_o_860]

Do? Or tho??!?!!

[@I_V_X]

There is a seriously good docu-drama by channel 4 on this topic, he narrates most of it too. He actually makes you start to suspect the family for killing their kid, but that's exactly what he does: manipulate people

[@liuwang9899]

Well, there is no evidence that he hurt or killed people, nor that he used his manipulation for financial gain so, I don't know man, even if he is not a good person, he's not the worst human being out there :v

[@EbikingViking992]

A new Tales From the Bottle? We are blessed today lads

[@electricsnut]

A weird story for sure, immediately I was horrified someone could do this... then as his childhood story is told of no loving parents, abandonment etc, seeking a loving family makes perfect sense to escape the past and bury pain. I’m split in feeling sorry for him at the same time, not everyone gets a structured, safe childhood. Like drugs and alcohol, sometimes people need an escape.

[@ComedyLoverGirl]

The case is bizarre and unique however you look at it. The official story is that Nicolas Barclay's sister Carey arrived in Spain, and Bourdin tried to convince her that he was Nicolas by going to a back alley and getting a guy to give him Nicolas's tattoos and dye his hair, and then when Carey arrived he pretended to be traumatised and withdrawn, and barely able to remember her. This way he was able to manipulate her into talking to him and telling him about the Barclay family and showing him all the family photos she had brought, which let him gather info on the Barclay family and it was this information that let him convince the American authorities that he was Nicolas - he could recognise the members of the Barclay family. But if you believe the theory that the Barclay family had killed Nicolas and were trying to cover it up, then it puts an entirely different light on the whole situation. Instead of Bourdin being a world class con man who managed to manipulate a sister into accepting him as her lost brother, it was a murderer sister who was insistent on showing a conman all the photos of her family and manipulating HIM into playing along and assuming the identity of her dead brother. Either way it's a simply insane story and it's hard to believe it really happened. The theory that Nicolas was killed by his own family is interesting and it's possible that Bourdin had realised something about the family was off during his stay there (according to the private investigator, the novelty of being in America and going to highschool and being part of the Barclay family had worn off very quickly and Bourdin had become extremely miserable with upholding his new false identity, particularly because not all the relatives and friends were convinced that he was Nicolas. The investigator actually claimed it was Bourdin who voluntarily came clean to him about not really being Nicolas.). But the problem is, he had no evidence for his claims. He claimed the family had killed Nicolas and knew that the boy wasn't coming home, he even gave a location for where the body was buried. The authorities dug there and found nothing. Being already an identity thief, there's not a lot of credibility or sympathy on his side, despite his claims being fascinating. It's just as likely that he's lying and the family really was innocent and fell for his deception because they were stricken with guilt and grief over Nicolas's disappearance. Who will ever know? Still, imagine if it had gone down like Orphan: First Kill.

[@purplehaze2358]

This is the most “Good job, you’re a horrible person” thing I’ve ever seen.

[@michaelvicttori3792]

That is so strange that they used this information for the Prequel movie for Orphan. I completely forgot about it up until I had heard this story. Really well done!

[@william3750]

Qxir's video get a like from me before even watching because you know that it will be sarcastically informative!

[@Marrok48]

Qxir, do a video on the ROOF KOREANS.

[@prince_dogboy]

A "family" killing one of their own followed up by a con man showing up claiming to be the one they murdered sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits

[@vahgeuvje10]

Where you been all my life? I started binging earlier this week and I ran out of stuff to watch!

[@curbyourshi1056]

An Irishman appreciating a con? Never. No, not ever. NEVER!

[@stevo54838]

This reminds me of something I was recently reading, about a guy in Australia who murdered a young mother and her two year old daughter. Then disposed of the bodies 1200 kilometers apart. He then continued to keep contact with the relatives of his murder victims with the mothers phone, posing as her. Because of that the murder victims were not reported missing.

[@mattteee2973]

but Oz is only 4000km wide?

[@stevo54838]

@@mattteee2973 thanks for pointing that out. I've now edited my comment and corrected my typo.

[@seankirby8892]

This guy must have been really rad to be the SICKEST conman in history

[@justsayen2024]

Of all of crazy disturbing vids I've seen from you this one put a put in my stomach😕

[@MsCreepyChan]

Some funny suggestions to talk about: Mad Jack Churchill (The man that stormed Norwegian beaches playing his bagpipes under fire) Dougie Bader (A man with no legs and Houdini levels of escape-ability) Llewellyn Chilson (The closest thing to a real life Captain America we ever got) Ben Saloman (The Army Dentist who heard Doom music hit and was temporarily possessed by the Doom Slayer) The Forth Crusade (Both of them)

[@seagie382]

when the imposter is sus

[@justaguy3323]

i be liking this mans videos even before i watch them...

[@danatmonst3594]

What an amazing story-teller you are! And drawings to boot! :D

[@ThePortalGeek1337]

Seeing his interview on vice, I couldn’t help but to applaud him for his wit (in the sense that long missing children are kind of the perfect people to impersonate if you have the missing info form) but also he did impersonate a missing child so that kind of cancels it out

[@scraffy4229]

Hey @Qxir could you possibly cover Hunter S. Thompson by any chance?

[@LTPottenger]

I hear epstein and he were friends

[@scraffy4229]

@@LTPottenger I don't know the legitimacy of that but I just want to know more about his fucking wild personality

[@williejones6446]

I cant imagine how a youtube like this fucks you up. Youre a fucking soldier, we love you.

[@spef7396]

A tale about a bunch of utterly repugnant individuals, thanks again x

[@user-ru9wf4yx7r]

This guy- "We do a little trolling"

[@TerraHardcore]

nice, I'm early, @Qxir you're awesome. never a bad video.

[@RankFishMan]

Lemme drop a comment for the algorithm before you get started. Great stuff man. Love your content.

[@bobv8219]

You capture my attention every time. Best story teller bro.

[@RyanTheHero3]

That actually makes sense. They all literally struck gold. A family that wanted rid of their son, and a guy that wanted to impersonate a missing child. My god if that private investigator hadn’t looked into it it would’ve been the perfect crime, but by pure chance.

[@ComedyLoverGirl]

Maybe not. If you watch the documentary The Imposter, that investigator claims that Bourdin actually willingly came clean to him about it. Because apparently Bourdin wasn't having a good time living with the Barclay family and was miserable, so his cover may have been blown eventually anyway, if say he tried to run away from the Barclays. Who knows what actually went on while he was living there, I mean this obviously isn't the stable wonderful loving all-American family that Bourdin had dreamed of. He says they killed Nicolas and that the body was buried in one part of the yard (it wasn't), the family says Bourdin is lying and evil. But overall Bourdin is fairly vague and tight-lipped about what exactly he saw or heard in the Barclay household that made him believe Nicolas was dead. And he has since tried to move on from this chapter of his life. So we'll never know.

[@dylanwicklund5129]

Missing for 3 years my ass the brother or mother or both were involved in his death for sure I already know alot about this case and in my opinion the brother did go to pick him up they got into a fight or got into a fight because he wouldn't pick him up and the brother killed him on purpose or by accident because everyone else believed it was him except the brother all he says is good luck and walks away

[@jizznuts]

Yes, I remember watching a documentary or something on youtube, and the brother never played along with it, because he knew the kid was gone. I definitely believe that family had something to hide. It's all a very bizarre story...

[@dylanharding5720]

04:37am, this makes for a nice change after unexpectedly binging your entire Last Moments series.

[@saulvelazquezperez9215]

I live in Austin Texas... I was born in 1994... any ways love this channel dude, much love my brother, honestly fuck asking fr recommendations, do you my brother trust me do what you really feel and you will prosper. PS I don’t game that much so qxir2 was kinda a let down but that doesn’t change the way I feel about this channel man,

[@Di3mondDud3]

I feel awful for that family. But I hope him and his children are happy now. That he really has moved on and found the love he craved in his wife and family.

[@michaelgregor1640]

According to his Wikipedia page, his wife left him for another man some time ago. I don't believe in Karma, but I think his fate there was well-deserved.

[@sweeneytodd011]

I've heard about this before and it's so bizarre the family accepting him i did wonder if they were somehow responsible for the original kid's disappearance and didn't want to draw attention to it so they were all of them on both sides saying "yey! Everything is cool, no need to look into anything anywhere about anyone" 🤔

[@Ikcatcher]

A conman unraveling a murder mystery was not what I expected from this video

[@bigman1163]

I couldn't imagine the guilt that Nicholas' brother must have, I know I would never forgive myself for that.

[@bigman1163]

Oh he mightve killed him... let's hope they didn't

[@Zla_Gad]

"On 8 August 2007, Bourdin married a French woman named Isabelle after a year-long courtship. The couple reside in France with their five children. On 23 March 2017, Bourdin made a Facebook post stating that Isabelle had left him for another man, claiming she had been unhappy for 10 years and very unhappy in recent months. He claims that she left him with their children. The status of Isabelle and the children is currently unknown." Guess that didn't last long. Oh well, guess his 5 kids can fill in 5-10 other missing children ads as their father did back in his "prime" kekw

[@Papa_Susej]

Satan: "I think you need to leave Hell"

[@Zeru64_]

I've seen a lot of your videos, and this is definitively the most interesting one. Like, I really REALLY want to see this story portrayed on a movie or something. What a plot twist, man.

[@testedalexthegreat1759]

Him saying he only wanted love and attention almost made me cry.

[@wikihowfrog9034]

Yay! A new Qxir video Also, I bless this video with my froggy wisdom

[@bradj977]

Ribbit

[@wikihowfrog9034]

@@bradj977 Ribbit indeed

[@tungabunga4107]

ribbit ribbit

[@mono_si]

very good

[@wikihowfrog9034]

@@tungabunga4107 ribbit ribbit

[@Megadextrious]

As soon as you mentioned that the missing boy was known to beat up his mom I thought “oh shit the family probably killed him….” I think that’s the real reason they took in a stranger pretending to be who they knew was unlawfully dead.

[@davidimhoff2118]

@Qxir I really appreciate your humor. You always give such great insight into your stories. Not to mention you are still cute. This story is crazy. It wouldn’t surprise me if the drug addict mom or brother had something to do with the murder. They could of took this guy in to make it look like he came back and problem solved for them.

[@SpiritBear2032]

I'm becoming addicted to your channel... I LOVE IT ❤️

[@haleypoole9081]

For the record the kid was killed by either his mom or his brother I think I it was his brother . The dollop did an episode on the “French chameleon.”

[@ToastGhost26]

How does someone like this manage to get married and have a family? what??

[@Chaos------]

That was the weirdest most unexpected twist ever. Makes for one hell of a story.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

So, you want suggestions? Well, it's not a single story, but rather a collection of tales that all add up to pure havoc. May I suggest The History of New Jersey's Action Park?

[@germyw]

Nah. There are eleventy-jillion videos about that.

[@suzannemiller9309]

Can you do a video on Jonestown.

[@andrewquinn8993]

Incorrect punctuation suzanne.

[@jeezymclovin2215]

@@andrewquinn8993 stfu white nite

[@LunaticTheCat]

@@andrewquinn8993 stfu

[@TangorVon]

you sound like a cartoon villain buts it’s cool i love it

[@General_X]

Quite Xhilarating and Interesting Reading on this story, I must say