This week, flim flam correspondent and certified April Fool Chelsey Weber-Smith is here to talk about a fistful of fake memoirs, featuring girls raised by wolves; the chicken pox of James Frey; what poetry can give us that memoir can&apos;t; and Eugene, Oregon (twice!). Read more about it here:The Smoking Gun&apos;s &quot;A Million Little Lies&quot; <a href='https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies'>https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies</a>Blake Eskin&apos;s &quot;The Girl Who Cried Wolf&quot; <a href='https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/'>https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/</a>Michelle Dean&apos;s &quot;Opal Whiteley&apos;s Riddles&quot; <a href='https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles'>https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles</a>Christopher L. Miller&apos;s Impostors <a href='https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo29203296.html'>https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo29203296.html</a> Listen to Chelsey&apos;s podcast <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407'>American Hysteria</a>: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407'>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407</a> Support You&apos;re Wrong About: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/yourewrongabout'>Bonus Episodes on Patreon</a> <a href='https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about'>Buy cute merch</a> Where else to find us: Sarah&apos;s other show, <a href='https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/'>You Are Good</a> Links:<a href='http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'>http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout </a><a href='https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about'>https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about </a><a href='https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod'>https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod </a><a href='https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good'>https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good</a><a href='http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'>Support the show</a><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week, flim flam correspondent and certified April Fool Chelsey Weber-Smith is here to talk about a fistful of fake memoirs, featuring girls raised by wolves; the chicken pox of James Frey; what poetry can give us that memoir can&amp;apos;t; and Eugene, Oregon (twice!). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read more about it here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Smoking Gun&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;A Million Little Lies&amp;quot; &lt;a href='https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies'&gt;https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blake Eskin&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;The Girl Who Cried Wolf&amp;quot; &lt;a href='https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/'&gt;https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michelle Dean&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Opal Whiteley&amp;apos;s Riddles&amp;quot; &lt;a href='https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles'&gt;https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christopher L. Miller&amp;apos;s Impostors &lt;a href='https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo29203296.html'&gt;https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo29203296.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Listen to Chelsey&amp;apos;s podcast &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407'&gt;&lt;b&gt;American Hysteria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407'&gt;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Support You&amp;apos;re Wrong About:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/yourewrongabout'&gt;Bonus Episodes on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about'&gt;Buy cute merch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where else to find us:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Sarah&amp;apos;s other show, &lt;a href='https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/'&gt;You Are Good&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'&gt;http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about'&gt;https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod'&gt;https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good'&gt;https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week, flim flam correspondent and certified April Fool Chelsey Weber-Smith is here to talk about a fistful of fake memoirs, featuring girls raised by wolves; the chicken pox of James Frey; what poetry can give us that memoir can't; and Eugene, Oregon (twice!).  Read more about it here: The Smoking Gun's "A Million Little Lies" https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies Blake Eskin's "The Girl Who Cried Wolf" https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-gi...

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