Episode 62
the dale: too good to be true, too dumb to succeed | Oct. 16, 2024 | 41:00
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
In Los Angeles, a visionary auto company founder tries to mitigate the 1970s gas crisis and scam the nation.
Hosts
Greg Caputo
Maria Raha
Jason Schell
Topics
This week’s headline: Associated Press, Thomson, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2024
Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael
The Dale
Dick Carson
Dale Clifft
Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation
The Lady and the Dale
Additional Resources
Baldwin, Roberto. “HBO Explores the Wild Story of Liz Carmichael and the 3-Wheeled Car, the Dale,” Car and Driver. Jan. 31, 2021.
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a35366583/liz-carmichael-dale-documentary/
Eds. “Judge Convicts Oaks Man, 4 Others in ‘Dale’ Trial,” Thousand Oaks Star. Jan. 25, 1977, page 2.
Eds., “Unsafe in Any Prison,” Tampa Bay Times. April 10, 1977, page 3.
Eds., Associated Press. “He, She, or It Remains a Mystery,” The Indianapolis News. April 9, 1975, pages 1 and 4.
Eds., Associated Press. “Promoters of 3-Wheel ‘Dream’ Car Convicted of Conspiracy,” The Post Crescent. Jan. 25, 1977, page 2.
Eds., Associated Press. “3-Wheel Car Promoter Sentenced to Prison,” The Lincoln Star. April 9, 1977, page 8.
Eds., Associated Press. “3-Wheeled Car Promoter Receives 20-Month Term,” Lexington Herald-Leader. April 9, 1977, page 18.
Eds., Associated Press. “‘Woman’s’ Sentence Poses Sex Dilemma,” Chicago Tribune. April 9, 1977, page 3.
Eds., Reuters. “Both Car, Promoter, Revealed as Hoax,” Star-Phoenix. Jan. 31, 1977, page 8.
Eds., UPI. “‘She’ Gets Time in Male Prison,” The Hanford Sentinel. April 9, 1977, page 8.
Eds., UPI. “Transsexual Gets Prison in Car Fraud,” The Pittsburgh Press. April 9, 1977, page 3.
Edsall, Larry. “The Tale of the Dale, and the Person Promoting It,” Classiccars.com. Jan. 25, 2021. https://journal.classiccars.com/2021/01/25/the-tale-of-the-dale-and-the-person-promoting-it/
Foley, Charles. “Geraldine and her Dream Car,” St. Louis Star Dispatch. Feb. 8, 1977, page 2D.
Hayes, Suyin. “How the Creators of HBO’s ‘The Lady and the Dale’ Told a Sensitive Story About a Complicated Trans Trailblazer,” Time. Feb. 3, 2021. https://time.com/5935209/lady-and-the-dale-true-story/
Igler, Marc. “Transsexual Promoter Faces 10-Year Term in Car Scandal,” The News-Pilot. May 27, 1989.
Kaplan, Michael. “‘Lady and the Dale’ Secrets: HBO Revs up a Wild True Crime Mystery,” New York Post. Jan. 30, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/01/30/the-true-story-behind-hbos-the-lady-and-the-dale-docuseries/
The Lady and the Dale. HBO, Jan. 31, 2021.
Lerner, Preston. “Liz Carmichael and the Econo-Car Con of the 1970s,” Hagerty. Jan. 28, 2021. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/liz-carmichael-and-the-econo-car-con-of-the-1970s/
Lerner, Preston, and Stone, Matt. “History’s Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths and Rumors Revealed,” The New York Times. Dec. 7, 2012.
Long, Tom. “Review: Trans Con Artist Documentary 'Lady and the Dale' Astounds, The Detroit News. Jan. 27, 2021.
Petersen Automotive Museum. https://www.petersen.org/dale.
Petersen Automotive Museum. “The Dale from the Lady and the Dale.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMfva3Auqo
People v. Carmichael. Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 2, California. May 23, 1980. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1833667.html
Silvestro, Brian. “The Outrageous Story of the Dale, a 1970s Three-Wheeled Scam,” Road and Track. Dec. 16, 2016.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a31953/the-dale-1970s-three-wheel-gas-saver-scam/
Torchinsky, Jason. “Murder And ‘The Price Is Right’: The Story Of The Dale Car Hoax,” Jalopnik. April 1, 2013. https://jalopnik.com/murder-transsexuals-and-the-price-is-right-the-story-464820740
Unsolved Mysteries, Season 1, Episode 22. April 26, 1989.
Woron, Walt. “The Strange Case of the Dale,” The New York Times. Oct. 12, 1975. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/12/archives/the-strange-case-of-the-dale.html
