Real Talk with Mary Contrary and Starfish
Explore stories of victims of lies, deceit, mis and disinformation, and conspiracies.
Hear the story of David Hogg who House Rep Marjory Taylor Greene accused of the conspiracy that he was a Parkland Shooting Crisis Actor. In 2018, David Hogg was a 17-year old senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School whenRead More
Hear the story of James Wolfe who his brother slayed from the lizard conspiracy. Perpetuated by conspiracy theorists, Buckey believed that his brother was Lizard person, and believed that God had told him to kill James. Keywords: #LizardPeople #JamesWolfe #BuckeyWolfeRead More
Hear the story of Gary Lenius who died after ingesting fish medicine named chloroqine phosphate because he believed it was safe to take as a replacement for hydroxychloroquine–intended to prevent COVID-19. Please note that as of this recording the CDCRead More
Hear the story of Eric Coomer who was falsely accused of flipping votes on Dominion Voting Systems in the 2020 Election Fraud Conspiracy. Shortly before the 2020 election, a right-wing figure Joe Oltmann in Denver, Colorado heard “Eric from Dominion”Read More
Hear the story of Ruby Freeman, a Georgia poll worker accused by Donald Trump of ballot stuffing in the 2020 Election Fraud conspiracy. Ruby Freeman a poll worker in the 2020 elections. Ruby showed up to work on November 3rdRead More
Hear the story of Maatje Benassi, subject of a conspiracy that she brought the COVID-19 to China from the US. In March of 2020, the United States went on lockdown to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. During this time,Read More
Hear the story of David Lopez who was held at gunpoint by an ex-police captain who falsely accused him of stealing mail-in ballots in the 2020 elections. During the 2020 elections, President Donald J. Trump spread #TheGreatLie that the electionRead More
Bonus Episode #3: Crypto Love Scam 
#37. Scott Charmoli – Tooth-breaking Fraudster Dentist 
Bonus Episode #2. Avoiding Home Improvement Traps 
#36. Reed Slatkin – Hollywood Scientology Ponzi Scheme