001: Kaycee Nicole Swenson

Episode 1 January 25, 2021 00:21:57
001: Kaycee Nicole Swenson
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001: Kaycee Nicole Swenson

Jan 25 2021 | 00:21:57

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Show Notes

On May 15 2001, one of the most beloved bloggers of the early internet died from a brain aneurysm after battling leukemia. 

On May 19, 2001, the internet learned that Kaycee Nicole Swenson had not, in fact, died. She had never existed.

 

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SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/technology/a-beautiful-life-an-early-death-a-fraud-exposed.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaycee_Nicole 
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kaycee-nicole/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/may/28/internetnews.mondaymediasection
https://www.webtimemedias.com/article/transfernet-fabulous-fate-kaycee-nicole
https://metatalk.metafilter.com/20653/Kaycee-Nicole-Metafilters-first-investigation 
https://www.metafilter.com/7878/The-Kaycee-Nicole-Swensen-Faq 

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