Author Archive
Going Downhill With Janet Cooke
Here at Liar City, we enjoy celebrating even the most dubious of anniversaries. With that in mind, lend us your ears for Liar City’s 25th Episode Extravaganza.
God Only Knows: Brian Wilson Meets Eugene Landy
If you think of The Beach Boys, what comes to mind? Surf, sun, girls, and cars? Beautiful harmonies and Southern California? If you’re a fan, you might think of the creative genius of Brian Wilson, the group’s
Investing 101: Ponzi, Patreon, and Plush Toys
If you’re like most people, you can’t really differentiate between a hedge fund and a hedge maze. Complicated financial matters are best left to professionals, but what happens when the professionals are ridiculously skilled con men?
Satanic Panic III: West Memphis Boogeymen
With at least 3 books, 4 documentaries, and one (very terrible) feature length film, the story of the West Memphis Three is not what you’d call overlooked.
Henry Hill: GoodFella, College Basketball Enthusiast
If you’ve seen GoodFellas, you already know that things begin to go bad for New York mobster Henry Hill as soon as he meets his so-called Pittsburgh connection. It’s all guns and drugs and witness protection.
Billy Collins and Luis Resto’s Gloves
Ahh, professional boxing, one of our most wholesome competitive traditions.
The Raccoon Attack and Andrew Wakefield’s Truth Inoculation
The people who bring you Liar City every week are regular people with normal lives. We are not immune to wild animal attacks.
Drinking The Kool-Aid With Jim Jones
Before Jim Jones was popularly known as one of the worst human beings to have ever lived, he was a dedicated civil rights activist.
Go Ask Alice and A Million Little Pieces
If you’ve gone to school in the United States sometime in the last 35 years, there’s a good chance you’ve unknowingly read an author named Beatrice Sparks.
Operation Freakout and Project Normandy
L. Ron Hubbard, the mind behind Dianetics and Scientology was a pulp sci-fi writer with a penchant for exaggeration. That part you probably already know.