It has finally been confirmed.
As many have long suspected, the characters behind the blogs Voyeur Nation, Smiley’s Place, Defying Despondency and many, many others, are all the work of one man. His name is not Steve. His name is not Joshua. His real name is Mark Whitecotton. And this is an intervention.
Marc aka “The_gay_Dude,” the character in Voyeur Nation, did not die. He was not battling cancer. He never existed. Nor does Joshua. Or Steve. They are all the sick creation of a troubled man living in the Baltimore area; a man who unflinchingly lies about the murder of a young girl one day, to pretending to be the bass player in the real Seattle band Diamond Fist Werny the next day; a man known for flirting online with others — using other people’s head shots for his profile photo — and then standing each and every guy up when they agree to meet in person; a man who confessed to another blogger back in ‘06 that he did make up the Marc character in a moment of weakness and that he was embarrassed, yet still set up a guestbook and multiple tributes to carry out his charade; a man who berates and vilifies actual REAL people who dare question the authenticity of his stories; a man whose true identity was confirmed with a few Google searches, a phone call, a blog post, and with his own voice.
This blog was setup as a resource tool for anyone who stumbles upon his blogs or any other fake blog. To this day, Mark refuses to admit any wrongdoing. When discrepencies are pointed out, he edits his blog and twists the facts around, much like OJ Simpson, some would say. Despite the mountains of evidence, he insists that anyone who doubts him is just trying to bully him. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Clearly there are some mental health issues at work here and that needs to be taken very seriously, but by not calling him out on his lies is only enabling this behavior and preventing him from seeking the necessary medical treatment he desperately needs. In the long run, though, he deliberately deceives and hurts real people.
So sit back, relax, and gain insight into the mind of serial fibber through the Whitecotton Tales.
