Naked Came the Stranger: The Fake Bestseller That Fooled the World | Mailbag 248

Podcast: This is True, Really News · This is True, Really News

Opublikowano: 2026-09-05

Welcome back to the This is True Really News Mailbag! In Episode 248, we dive into some of the most bizarre and questionable news headlines of the week, ranging from wild fast-food car hop encounters to incredibly blatant criminal usernames. We then step into the wayback machine to explore the hilarious 1966 literary hoax orchestrated by Newsday columnist Mike McGrady. Frustrated by the massive success of poorly written, sensationalist novels, McGrady and 24 fellow journalists set out to collaboratively write the worst, most gratuitous book imaginable—Naked Came the Stranger. The punchline? Their intentionally terrible novel, published under the fake perso...