A Hollywood insider nailed as a compulsive liar
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
How often do you tell little lies in order to look good or protect somebody’s feelings? Researchers say we all do it at least twice a day. But compulsive liars are another story. They dig really deep holes. This is an unbelievable story about a hotshot producer/writer on Grey’s Anatomy who destroyed her career and her personal life lying about her cancer battle and her brother’s suicide.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, are you with me on this? |
| 0:01.6 | We all stretch the truth from time to time, but for some, it gets out of control. |
| 0:06.9 | And that includes big shots in politics, business, and Hollywood. |
| 0:11.1 | The unbelievable tale of a hot shot writer for Grey's Anatomy, who lied about her cancer |
| 0:16.5 | battle and her brother's suicide is what we're talking about. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:21.7 | A compulsive liar gets nailed. |
| 0:24.3 | Next on The Backstory. |
| 0:30.8 | Evidence wise, we had virtually no evidence. |
| 0:34.4 | We had the word of a 15-year-old who told lies, a lot of lies. |
| 0:42.0 | A lie, a lie, a lie. |
| 0:45.2 | In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer, |
| 0:52.5 | Deputy Bill Hardy. |
| 0:54.6 | Without solid evidence, the case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored. |
| 1:02.1 | We did commit to an innocent man. |
| 1:04.8 | And he's been on death row all these years, and I didn't know it. |
| 1:10.4 | I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts. |
| 1:14.3 | This is Ear Witness. |
| 1:17.0 | Listen to Ear Witness on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 1:21.9 | podcasts. |
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| 1:52.9 | To the things I wish would die, like buffets. |
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