Tom Brown's Body | 1. A Pretty Little Place

"My gut tells me he hasn't left Hemphill County. I think he's here somewhere, and I don't know if he intends to come out in the next day or two." 

"Makes you want to go to the church, get on your knees and say a few words, right? 

This story is about telling fibs, and it’s also about bullying. Sometimes it is hard to say who the real bully is - because of course the smart bullies don’t go around with a badge saying “I am a bully.” 

It’s hard to know the truth when you KNOW someone is lying. That’s the situation that the documentarians, and the audience, are in when it comes to Cocaine Air. No one seems to know anything about the over 1,500 pounds of cocaine loaded onto a private jet bound for France from th ...  Show more

When you get caught in a lie, you can either come clean or double down. One of our listeners had to decide if he should confess to his wife or lie to police, and his choice has haunted him ever since!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It’s said that some pathological liars are even considered functionally delusional. They can even pass a lie detector test. They believe their own lies.

Sometimes they re-write their lies and memories on the spot. You can see their eyes flutter, a shift in attitude, and ...