Watch the Dateline episode Dead Man Talking now

Publish date: 2024-03-23

Nicholas Alahverdian is one of the most perplexing and confounding people Dateline has ever come across.

For years, law enforcement agencies from Utah, Rhode Island, and even the FBI investigated him for alleged crimes ranging from rape to fraud.

But just as they were closing in on him, Nicholas sent out a press release announcing he had a terminal illness -- non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was going to die.

Less than two months later, the news was out: Nicholas Alahverdian was dead. But the story was far from over.

In a major twist, about two years later, police in Scotland believed they’d found him alive.

But the man they arrested said he had never even been to the United States. He said he was Arthur Knight, a simple English gent.

Andrea Canning got a chance to speak to Arthur Knight in an interview that may rank as one of Dateline’s most memorable.

To see for yourself, watch the full episode, “Dead Man Talking” now.

You can also watch on Peacock TV or listen to the podcast. Plus, Andrea Canning & Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the episode “Dead Man Talking” in a new podcast feature “Talking Dateline.

Also, learn more about the Scottish “Knockderry Castle” David Leavitt and his wife bought.

And get an inside look at the journey our team took to Scotland where we learned about the oldest Scotch distillery.

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