Jun 4, 2026 · 40 min · 13 segments
An extended (bonus!) interview from our Fauxbituaries episode, now unlocked for you! Investigative journalist, Craig Silverman, helps us track down one of the authors of a fake obituary site…
Craig SilvermanGuest
Alex GoldmanHost
Emma CourtlandHost
I'm realizing that I don't have, like, a na- like, a convenient name for the people who subscribe to the show.
As- I really am having a hard time, and I feel like I'm just doing a really bad Marc Maron impression, so I'm gonna go ahead and, uh, move on from this.
But if you are listening to this, I appreciate the fact that you are a paid member, so thank you.
Um, if you listened to last week's show about fake obituaries that pop up shortly after someone passes away, you know that there is a whole cottage industry around writing them, and if you didn't listen to that one, this episode's not gonna make any sense for you, so you should go do that.
But during the research on that story, Hyperfix producer Emma Courtland and I spoke to reporter Craig Silverman, who was actually able to track down one of the scammers who runs some of these websites behind these fake obituaries, and Craig gave us the rundown on how he found this scammer, thanks to a level of internet sleuthing that even I, a person who reported on the internet for 15 years, was totally incapable of.
And so, as promised, in the main feed episode, we are going to share that interview with you today.
I'm realizing that I don't have, like, a na- like, a convenient name for the people who subscribe to the show.
As- I really am having a hard time, and I feel like I'm just doing a really bad Marc Maron impression, so I'm gonna go ahead and, uh, move on from this.
But if you are listening to this, I appreciate the fact that you are a paid member, so thank you.
Um, if you listened to last week's show about fake obituaries that pop up shortly after someone passes away, you know that there is a whole cottage industry around writing them, and if you didn't listen to that one, this episode's not gonna make any sense for you, so you should go do that.
But during the research on that story, Hyperfix producer Emma Courtland and I spoke to reporter Craig Silverman, who was actually able to track down one of the scammers who runs some of these websites behind these fake obituaries, and Craig gave us the rundown on how he found this scammer, thanks to a level of internet sleuthing that even I, a person who reported on the internet for 15 years, was totally incapable of.
And so, as promised, in the main feed episode, we are going to share that interview with you today.
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