True Crime Obsessed8 Touko 2018

42: Author: The JT LeRoy Story

In 2000, the novel “Sarah” was published. It was written by a homeless teenaged hustler named JT LeRoy. Nobody had ever met him—his only correspondence with press and publishers was over the phone or fax machine—and still he became the literary sensation of the time. He was dubbed a ‘wunderkind,’ an ‘it boy’ and ‘the literary voice of his generation.’ He became a best-selling author and sold the film rights to his books. The only thing was, he didn’t actually exist. On January 9, 2006 The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out that he was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert--like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids--breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert's epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation.

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515: The Yogurt Shop Murders (From "20/20")

Take a deep breath for this one, Fam! On December 6, 1991, four teenaged girls were found sexually assaulted and murdered in an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. The yogurt shop was t...

28 Heinä 1h 3min

514: The Body on the Train (from "Naming the Dead")

Journalist Maressa Burke is on a mission: to give the name back to a man in a cemetery known only as "unknown negro." The man died while riding the rails in the 1960s- - crushed under 5,000 pounds of ...

23 Heinä 48min

513: Devil in the Mountains

A brutal killer is on the loose, stabbing and shooting people at random. Nobody is safe. All we know about him is that he has "movie star good looks" and drives a car with throat... whatever that mean...

21 Heinä 1h 3min

512: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 2

SOOOOOOOO according to Benjaman's brother, Benjaman is totally an ax murderer. Or some kind of murderer anyway. As soon as Benjaman discovers his true identity, things go off the rails. So now we know...

14 Heinä 1h 13min

511: Vanishing Act (from "FEDS")

Fam, we're coming at you with a crazy story today - a kidnapping that rocks the town of Ponte Vedra, Florida, where crime is "extremely rare." So rare, in fact, that.. is this kidnapping even real? ...

9 Heinä 46min

510: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 1

Pull over and gird your loins, Fam, because this one is NUTS and we have a lot of feelings bout it! In 2004, a 64-year-old man is found bloody, beaten AND YES NAKED behind a dumpster in Richmond Hills...

7 Heinä 1h 16min

Murder in Glitterball City Ep 1 (from our Patreon feed!) // True Crime Obsessed

FAM! We're off for for the holiday break, but while we're away we're sharing the first episode of our Patreon coverage of Murder in Glitterball City here! Check it out, and then find the rest of our...

30 Kesä 55min

509: Death in Hell's Kitchen

IT'S PRIDE MONTH AND STILL WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE. Ugh. In 2022, a string of unusual deaths of young gay men rocked the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Well "unusual" only if you're not the ...

25 Kesä 51min