:How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

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| author = Doug Richmond

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| language = English

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| publisher = Carol Publishing Group

| release_date = 1985

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| isbn = 9780806515595

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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found is a how-to book by Doug Richmond, originally released in 1985.

Summary

The book is a guide on starting a new identity. It includes chapters on planning a disappearance, arranging for new identification, finding work, establishing credit, pseudocide (creating the impression of one's own death), and more. The book recommends a method of disappearing by assuming the identity of a dead person with similar vital statistics and age, and also includes a section on avoiding paper trails which, due to the age of the book, may no longer be relevant or useful.

Adaptations

A play inspired by the book was released in 2005Fin Kennedy (2005) How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Nick Hern Books, London. {{ISBN|978-1-85459-964-3}} by Fin Kennedy, about a man wanting to disappear, which won the John Whiting Award.{{Cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |date=2024-03-08 |title=Teacher wins coveted prize for the play that theatres turned down |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/teacher-wins-coveted-prize-for-the-play-that-theatres-turned-down-vmq2fp966gd |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=The Times |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}

The Polish ambient music collective ‘How To Disappear Completely’ is named after the book.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/polish-ambient-collective-how-to-disappear-completely-released-mer-de-revs-ii/|title=Polish ambient collective How to Disappear Completely released 'Mer de Revs II'|website=BrooklynVegan|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-28}}

The title for Radiohead's song 'How to Disappear Completely', from their 2000 album Kid A, is a reference to Richmond.

References

Category:1985 non-fiction books

Category:Handbooks and manuals