Q&A for How to Fake Your Own Death

Getting married can be risky, but you don't have to get married to bond yourself with someone. Tell them you don't believe in legal marriage and just try to get them to agree to a common law situation.

Some people might do it for financial reasons, like to escape a large debt. Others might want to completely leave their lives behind and start over somewhere new.

Write your paper. Faking your death is a lot harder than writing a paper.

Yes, as long as you put nothing that has to do with you or your past identity.

Absolutely! However, don't enroll in classes under your own name, or don't officially graduate. It's suspicious if you disappear and they check and you graduated from Dutch classes - they'll go look for you in Amsterdam. You could learn Dutch just to throw them off your scent, and go to Italy instead, for example, or Monaco, they have a nice climate.

There's a chance that people will notice that the animals have disappeared, but if you're careful and make it look like they ran away, you might be able to take them. However, be careful that they can't be tracked.

That is very dramatic, and also the dental records would probably give you away.

This is most likely very risky, since you would be using a trackable device to watch. Your friend may also check on your account and see recently watched shows, resulting in confusion and potentially leading to you being discovered.

As long as they're willing to cut ties with their loved ones and keep your secret, yes, you can.

For a disguise, I would suggest you change your hair, dye it or cut it, do something with it to make it look different. If you wear glasses, try to change to contacts, maybe even colored ones so you can change your eye color. If you don't wear glasses, get a pair with clear plastic lenses so your glasses will look real. Also, if you're changing your clothing style, don't wear flashy clothing. You don't want to draw attention to yourself.

Yes, if you come up with a good enough excuse to the people who know you. Try to make the excuse rational, or people will see right through you.

Stay calm. If they walk up to you or talk to you, put on a different voice and a different way of speaking. If they recognize you, deny it. Say, "I'm sorry sir, I don't know who you are talking about." and act surprised and confused. But if they don't believe you, run, and get out of there.

Probably not, and even if you could, it's not recommended. First of all, whoever 'shot' you will likely face charges. And in the investigation, they may discover you are not truly dead and that person may be charged for helping you. If you are really set on this, fake suicide.

Fake a robbery a few weeks ahead , make sure other things are stolen too like money, jewelry stuff like that and hide them in a location that you can access in the future.

Talk to an adult about whatever has you so upset - a parent, a teacher, a guidance counselor, a friend's parent, etc. Don't do anything drastic. As terrible as things may feel right now, they will get better. If you're seriously thinking about hurting yourself, call the suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

It would be very difficult to do that considering bankers would ask for ID and other personal information. Your best bet would be to use a bank chain such as Wells Fargo rather than a local bank. This way there is a larger system that makes it more difficult to pinpoint cash withdrawals.

Purchase $100 worth of silver every month for ten years. Silver is universally valuable and will work in any country and also goes up in value over time. If you cannot currently afford that, take on multiple jobs and focus 100% percent of your effort on faking your death.

It usually takes around a day, but it depends on how many people or close friends/loved ones are in your life.

Well, deaths are public record, so if you succeed, the police would have access to your death record.

Faking your death falls under fraud laws. So check what the punishment is for committing fraud in your province or state. Faking your death will also have serious personal consequences, as your friends and family will be upset about what you've put them through.

You can either come clean and tell the truth or come up with a story to explain your absence like there was a case of mistaken identity.

If you don't know shady people in real life, you could try the deep web. Look out for scams though, as they're all over the dark web!

Suicide off a bridge is a good idea, as it would not be too suspicious if your body was not recovered (as long as you leave a note). Getting "lost at sea" or "lost in the woods" is another good idea, as they'd eventually stop searching. If you want to go big, you could try to rig up your car with explosives.

Yes. If you already know how to do it successfully, that should be no problem for you.

Money, clothes, and a fake ID are absolutely essential.

You can go anywhere, as long it is far from where you live so no one will recognize you.

This is very dangerous and not advised, as an improperly tied noose can result in death. There have been instances of performers dying when their equipment malfunctioned. But a relatively safe way may be to suspend yourself from the waist and tie a mock noose that will easily come undone if the waist rope fails.

Check out the article on How to Start Over in Life for some good tips on this.

If they can't find your body, then they can't cremate or bury you.

It would be best to fake a death that leaves no corpse, so you don't have to bother with having a casket or "body."