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Decoder Ring Who Was Lonelygirl15?

Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate by Slate Audio

Apr 8, 202658:50Society & Culture

In the summer of 2006, a teenage girl began posting video diaries to a then-new site called YouTube under the handle lonelygirl15. Within weeks she was a phenomenon—even though no one knew the truth of who she really was...

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Decoder Ring Who Was Lonelygirl15? is an episode from Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate by Slate Audio. In the summer of 2006, a teenage girl began posting video diaries to a then-new site called YouTube under the handle lonelygirl15. Wi...

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Published Apr 8, 2026, 58:50 long, audio available.