The Compulsive Deception of a Parking Garage Millionaire

Jo Franklin, a once successful producer and writer, experienced a tragic unraveling in the 1990s, leading to divorce, estrangement from her family, and homelessness. She became a skilled liar, fabricating stories about her life while living in parking garages and refusing treatment for mental illness. Her family's efforts to help her were in vain, and acquaintances unknowingly aided her deception. Despite their attempts, she died at 76, believing she was house-sitting for a friend at Starbucks. Her story sheds light on the challenges of caring for individuals who struggle to care for themselves but resist treatment.