Fake! The Story of Clifford Irving and the Howard Hughes Literary Hoax

<p>In the early 1970s, McGraw-Hill Book Company landed what could have been the literary scoop of the 20th century: A writer named Clifford Irving pitched them that he'd obtained the permission of the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to write a tell-all memoir of the mogul. That manuscript, though, turned out to be one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century, and it landed Irving in prison.</p> <p>Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey<br>Producer &amp; Editor: Casby Bias</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>