Extra: FBI agents question "Clark Rockefeller" | Forensic Files

who's the real guy under all this the real guy is s's father that's all I want to be my whole goal in life is to be S
as father I just want to be a good father to her just want to be there when she needs me okay just want to be our
dad that's all want in life so before that who else were you you were Rock who all sorts of things I can't even
remember I couldn't even just like if you had to put a number on how many different names you used in your
lifetime how many would you say oh no rockella is always the big it was always you get the more the most bang for your
B no I it was always sort of my general name um you know whatever came around why'
you go by you said your name is uh James Clark Rockefeller well that's the name you know it doesn't exist so there
is no such person really so what's your real name well that could that is it that's the name that I'm using so and
um you know I mean that is my real name you born James clar Rockefeller probably
not do you remember what your father and Mother's Last anymore did something happen to you I don't know I that many
many times I know and I'm just asking you other sincerity and just there had to be something that happened that made
the track switch that you forgot to be Jimmy Smith and became clap Rockefeller I couldn't tell you the um
psychologist who did the um original interview during the custody case asked me that a million
times do you remember what your mother and father look like as a child you know we never seen him do you think you were
orphaned couldn't tell you couldn't tell you I've always just as I said earlier I
always made a point of forgetting the past I mean what's the difference what's who cares who your grandfather was not
the issue no no no no no but it is in a way um why look back to things that may not have been Pleasant or maybe have
been Pleasant for all I know but you know one did you have an unpleasant childhood I don't know I couldn't tell
you I just could time I I really seriously don't know it's a total utter blank blank blank
blank so yeah I I remember certain things here and there sometimes some strange things
come back to me God knows why I um for instance well at one point I saw a Sussex
Spaniel if you know what that is I I do yeah I watch shows into those I'm totally certain that I grew up with a
susex I just know I did sorry I don't have any evidence of that I don't know I don't have any
pictures I don't have any baby pictures I don't have much of anything

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Brief Summary

James Clark Rockefeller discusses identity, fatherhood, and fragmented memories of childhood.

Key points

The Search for Identity. A man grapples with his true identity and past, revealing deep emotional struggles.

Episode highlights

The Search for IdentityA man grapples with his true identity and past, revealing deep emotional struggles.“What's your real name?”1:00Oct 21, 2013

Episode quotes

I couldn't tell you, it's a total utter blank.

Reflecting on a forgotten past.

2:38WatchOct 21, 2013

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