The Hoax of Anthony Godby Johnson

Crime Salad

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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We’d love to hear your perspective on Anthony’s story. Do you think Anthony Godby Johnson was a real teenage boy who was unfairly discredited? Or do you believe that Vicki Johnson, or maybe even someone else entirely, made the whole thing up? If so, what do you think might’ve motivated the person behind the mask to concoct such an elaborate story? Leave a comment to join in this interesting discussion.

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0:00.0	If you're fascinated by true crime, then join us in June 2025 for CrimeCon London.
0:06.3	Meet the biggest names in True Crime TV, experience live forensic demonstrations,
0:11.5	and dive deep into the criminal mind with your favourite authors, podcasters and content creators.
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0:24.5	CrimeCon London, partnered by True Crime Channel 7th and 8th of June 2025.
0:31.1	This episode does include discussions of very real troubling topics, including mentions of child abuse and the realities of the AIDS epidemic.
0:45.1	My name is Tony, and I was 13 years old when I was diagnosed with AIDS.
0:51.1	One day, I asked my biological mother
0:54.6	if she would go get me a tape, soundtrack tape.
0:59.7	She said if I was good with the job she wanted me to do,
1:03.9	that she would get it for me.
1:05.8	I didn't know what she wanted me to do
1:07.6	was entertain a man that she was getting paid for.
1:12.5	I was about seven or eight years old.
1:17.5	I was bought for an hour at a time, sometimes two, sometimes for a night.
1:24.1	And what I did depended upon what that person wanted, and they paid for it.
1:30.3	And they found out that I had syphilis, and I was malnourished and underweight.
1:39.8	When they'd done x-rays, they'd found out that I'd had at different times the total of 54
1:48.3	broken bones that had healed by themselves.
1:52.4	By the time Anthony Godby Johnson was just 14 years old, many people believed that his
1:58.4	incredible life story needed to be told.
2:05.5	Remarkably insightful and optimistic, despite his horrific upbringing,
	...

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