The amount changed to the actual crime story in the episode makes the whole thing just... lies. This show should not be allowed to call itself true crime, as they change wayyyy too much to be true anymore.
Especially the dude who claimed he was friends with "Jacob". "Jacob" died in 1903. No way was this random actor actually friends with "Jacob".
Here's a summary of the actual case this episode is based on:
"Charles Fink was sailing from Norway to the US. It was reported that he was carrying a large amount of money as he was planning on starting a new business in the US.
He gave the money to the ship's purser for safekeeping but it's reported that after he was murdered, the murderer looked through his belongings. It's suspected that they were looking for the cash that Charles had bought onboard.
Nobody was ever bought to trial for Charles's murder. The cruise line maintained that Charles must have jumped overboard."
Especially the dude who claimed he was friends with "Jacob". "Jacob" died in 1903. No way was this random actor actually friends with "Jacob".
Here's a summary of the actual case this episode is based on:
"Charles Fink was sailing from Norway to the US. It was reported that he was carrying a large amount of money as he was planning on starting a new business in the US.
He gave the money to the ship's purser for safekeeping but it's reported that after he was murdered, the murderer looked through his belongings. It's suspected that they were looking for the cash that Charles had bought onboard.
Nobody was ever bought to trial for Charles's murder. The cruise line maintained that Charles must have jumped overboard."