097: Who The Hell Is Hamish? and The Woman Who Wasn't There

It’s taking all my strength to resist making a “throw another con on the barbie” joke, so why fight it: today Eve and I are talking about tragedy vampires on today’s episode, starting with the latest limited series from The Australian: Who The Hell Is Hamish?. How did Hamish Watson con so many people? Where did all that money go? And what makes Greg Bearup and The Australian's narrative construction so perfect for the story it's telling? Later, we return to 2012, and 9/11, with Angelo Guglielmo’s documentary on 9/11-survivor faker Tania Head, The Woman Who Wasn’t There. It’s a trim 64 minutes that we both enjoyed...but what got left out? Guglielmo set out to make a film about Head’s primacy in the 9/11-survivor world; what changed? Does she have emotional Munchausen’s? And...where is she now? All that plus a newsletter launch, in The Blotter Presents, Episode 097. Support the pod/site on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/blotterpresents) ! SHOW NOTES Who The Hell Is Hamish? (https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/podcast-who-the-hell-is-hamish/news-story/c95b519a9ececa6076df80bd130ba158) The Woman Who Wasn’t There (https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Wasnt-There/dp/B00AHGXIE2) David Dunlap’s piece on Tania Head (https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/nyregion/27survivor.html) Best Evidence (http://bestevidence.fyi) Special Guest: Eve Batey.