Liz Carmichael: Scammer, Girlboss, Little Rascal

Episode 9 February 06, 2023 00:56:02
Liz Carmichael: Scammer, Girlboss, Little Rascal
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Liz Carmichael: Scammer, Girlboss, Little Rascal

Feb 06 2023 | 00:56:02

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Show Notes

All I can say is I knocked it out of the park with this one. I'm finally telling my sweet friend Cookie the story of my absolute FAVORITE scammer: Liz Carmichael. This one's got everything: libertarian science fiction, engineering mishaps, three wheeled cars, stock fraud, Unsolved Mysteries, and a woman so magnetic that she girlbossed millions of dollars despite having NO PRODUCT. I sincerely mean it when I say that I am obsessed with her. 

This episode honestly evades my descriptive writing skills -- in part because I've worked 14 days in a row, in part because it's got so much going on. I promise this is a great one. Go to splitendsfilm.com and watch Cookie's awesome movie!

FOOTNOTES: 

1) History’s Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, Preston Lerner and Matt Stone 2012

2) The Strange Case of the Dale, Walt Woron, New York Times Oct 1975

3) Liz Carmichael's Dream Buggy Turns into a Nightmare, People Magazine Staff, 1975

4) The Trans Women Behind HBO’s Tale Of This Mysterious, Audacious Automaker, Dawn Ennis, Forbes 2021

5) https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/05/21/dale-cliffts-original-three-wheeler-prototype-emerges-from-hiding-after-decades-heads-to-petersen

6) https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1974-twentieth-century-dale

7) People v Carmichael (1980) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1833667.html

8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

9) The Lady and the Dale, HBO Docuseries, Zackary Drucker and Nick Cammilleri 2021

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