Langley Wallingford, a reformed con artist and criminal who was acquainted with Myrtle Lum Fargate in her carney days—via purse snatching.
He got wind that newly divorcee Phoebe Tyler was a rich old bird in Pine Valley and ripe for plucking.
The plot took a bizarre twist when Wade's lover Shelly took a tumble down a flight of stairs and Phoebe was thrown in jail for attempted murder.
Langley donned a wig and dress disguised as Phoebe, pried a confession out of the unsuspecting Wade while holding a gun.
Langley remained in Pine Valley for a while, but due to Louis Edmonds's health problems, he was written out of the show in April 1997 as being in Egypt on archeological digs.