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EP. 120 — The Scammer Hood of the Traveling Wigs w/ Fortune Feimster
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Fortune Feimster joins us to discuss Laura Albert, an author who published a book under the pseudonym JT LeRoy. It wasn’t discovered until years later that JT never really existed. Plus a 63-year-old Mississippi man is accused of being involved in a footbath scheme resulting in over $10 million in fake claims. Stay Schemin’!
CW: There is mention of sexual assault, abuse and suicide in this episode.
Research By Kaelyn Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230831/jt-le-roy-true-story-movie-literary-scam-hoax
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2001/7/strange-innocence
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