Storyville · SEASON 21
The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story
Episode 2 · 2017-02-01
- Documentary
Episode overview
An inside account of a scandal that duped celebrities and the literary world. Former homeless youth JT LeRoy become an 'it boy' beloved by stars like Madonna and Courtney Love. His tough prose about his sordid childhood captivated icons and luminaries internationally. But in 2005 an article in a New York magazine sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked JT LeRoy. It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator Laura Albert. The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert breathed not only words but also life into her avatar for a decade.
85 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage2017-01-16
2. The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story2017-02-01
3. Notes On Blindness2017-02-16
4. Life, Animated2017-02-20
5. Killing For Love2017-03-07
6. Murder in Italy2017-03-13
7. North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot2017-03-20
8. Last Days of Solitary2017-03-27
9. OJ: Made in America - Part 12017-05-14
10. OJ: Made in America - Part 22017-05-14
11. OJ: Made in America - Part 32017-05-16
12. OJ: Made in America - Part 42017-05-17
13. OJ: Made in America - Part 52017-05-18
14. Tokyo Girls2017-06-27
15. Oink: Man Loves Pig2017-07-02
16. This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews2017-07-10
17. The Great European Cigarette Mystery2017-07-17
18. Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government2017-07-24
19. Queerama2017-07-31
20. Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland2017-08-14
21. Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web2017-08-21
22. The Boy Who Changed America2017-09-06
23. The Work: Four Days to Redemption2017-10-26
24. Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States2017-10-30
25. Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess2017-11-13
26. My Mother's Lost Children2017-11-20
27. Last Men in Aleppo2017-11-27
28. The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey2017-11-30
29. When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day2017-12-07
