Phony soldiers
Blast From the Past: Gregory Charles Banks, the phony just passing through
This week’s BFTP spotlight goes to Gregory Charles Banks aka “Egregious Greg”. The original post is located here: Gregory Charles Banks, the phony just passing through which amassed over 829 comments, and a cool “Wanted” poster was also made for Gregory here: Wanted: Gregory Banks. Greg also made it to the Shitbag Sixteen during the 2014 […]
Mitchell Shoemaker charged for impersonating Hans Gruber
A Cypress man has been arrested for impersonating a federal agent in order to train real police officers. Mitchell Gregory Shoemaker, 31, has been charged in federal court. He is accused of impersonating a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agent. According to the criminal complaint, Shoemaker solicited police officers at a private, law enforcement-only gun […]
James Jeenou Thao – No More Royalty
You may remember the articles by Military Phony and This Ain’t Hell about James Thao, the guy claiming to have fought in Afghanistan when we could find no record of military service. James won the Mr. Hmong Royalty pageant, and the military service claims most likely influenced pageant officials. Well, after our article came out the […]
William Marlar – Phony US Army Special Teams Ranger Sergeant Combat Medic
The folks at Military Phony send us the case of William Joseph Marlar who claims he was a US Army Special Teams Ranger Sergeant. Bling adorns his bike, who he affectionately refers to as “Vicky.” But he also points to “My rack” and implies that he earned all medals and badges displayed on the side of […]
Daniel Howard WHITESELL is he a Special Forces CWO / RSM or a navy reserve bin rat? – Stolen Valour Canada
Daniel Howard WHITESELL is he a Special Forces CWO / RSM or a navy reserve bin rat? We were asked to review the claims made by “Chief Warrant Officer” Daniel Harold WHITESELL (DOB 2X/03/195x) of Windsor, Ontario. Our review identified many inconsistencies in his presentation made to 600 school children at a Remembrance Day event […]
Gerry Conway Bogus wings and splattered with urine? – Stolen Valour Canada
Mr Gerry Conway is another dude who likes to enthral gullible audiences into believing his military fairytales. Conway has spent the past few years telling Guelph, Ontario school kids of his exploits and then being splattered with piss outside of a US Marine Base in San Diego, California. His obvious and frankly ridiculous uniform embellishments […]
Poser Daydreams
Yesterday Dave posted an article that kinda got stuck in my head. That was probably because Dave’s article contained some photos that IMO looked strikingly like a 1960s time-warp/burn-out/wannabe head case – like this one: After seeing that, for some reason an old Bowie tune also got stuck in my head. No, not Space Oddity […]
Thomas Burke – Phony Wounded Vietnam Green Beret
The folks at Military Phony sent us their work on Thomas Burke, who claims to be a Vietnam vet and a Purple Heart recipient. Last June, the A&E Network profiled a Church in Pennsylvania on their series Cults & Extreme Beliefs. In the episode, a man is shown taking part in church services wearing a […]
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