VIP Lies: The Rise and Fall of Billy McFarland

Housewives of True Crime

Tabitha Kane

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tabitha tells the wild story of Fyre Festival, centered on scammer Billy McFarland. A wealthy, inexperienced “entrepreneur,” Billy built his image on fake-it-till-you-make-it energy, launching flashy ventures that never fully worked. He then promised a luxury music festival in the Bahamas villas, yachts, celebrity performances he couldn’t possibly deliver. Using influencer marketing and stars like Ja Rule, he sold expensive tickets...

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	.
0:03.0	I'm
0:04.0	. Welcome. Hello. Hello. Welcome. I don't know why. That was a really weird. And hello. Like, that was really annoying. Sorry.
0:45.6	That's okay. Hello. It's totally okay. I'm okay. We just had the craziest damn thunderstorm. Yeah. And it just passed like one second ago. And did you see there was was like it said like tornado touchdown like eight miles from you?
0:58.2	No.
0:59.1	Where?
0:59.8	Oh, wait.
1:00.5	I'm not going to say where, but.
1:01.8	Yeah.
1:03.2	Wait.
1:04.0	Miles from you.
1:04.7	Let's tell everybody where I live.
1:06.8	Not that I don't want you all to be my friends, but.
1:10.5	And neighbors. You never know what we could have a creeper on here. Not that I don't want you all to be my friends, but you know.
1:10.9	And neighbors.
1:11.2	You never know what we could have a creeper on here.
1:15.2	We don't know.
1:15.7	Shoot.
1:16.3	They had a creeper at the White House again.
1:18.2	I mean, you never know.
1:19.5	That's right.
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