Jean-Claude Romand: A Life Built on Lies
2 min readSep 18, 2023
(1971–1980)
In the early 1970s, Jean-Claude Romand’s story began innocently enough. He enrolled in medical school in Lyon, showing promise and ambition. Like many of his peers, Romand was poised for success. However, by 1978, he had failed an important exam twice. Rather than confront this setback, he opted to weave the first thread of a web of lies, claiming he had passed.
