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An Honest Liar.
This post originally appeared on Salon by Ashlie D. Stevens.
Sometimes, there s nothing more satisfying to watch than a good con or, at least, watching how someone who has perpetrated one gets caught.
In those narratives, there s often a really appealing push-pull between admiring the artfulness of the fraudster and rooting for the investigators on their trail. It s also a brand of true crime that s a little lower stakes and inherently less problematically salacious than some of the gorier serial killer stories.
If you ve already blown through HBO Max s
Generation Hustle, a new 10-episode show about the scammers and schemers who walk among us, then check out a few documentaries and docuseries about some of the most intriguing cons in recent history. From an extreme catfisher to a man who donates forged art to museums, there s something for you.
SALT LAKE CITY Nobody is immune to deception. And we re all vulnerable to it, we re all susceptible to it. Those are words from director Jared Hess that ring more true than ever before after watching his latest project, Murder Among the Mormons.
Hess co-directed the three-part Netflix documentary with Tyler Measom. The series retells the story of Mark Hofmann and three bombings that killed two people, rocked Salt Lake City and ultimately ruined multiple lives in 1985.
The true crime documentary series premieres today on the streaming service. This story will discuss some minor spoilers for the series. Some may be very familiar with the events surrounding the bombings, but for some this will be new, so consider this fair warning if you do not know the story and would like to go in to the series cold.