THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON YOU NEVER HEARD OF
Fay Faron first came into the national conscienceless in 1982 when she founded The Rat Dog Dick Detective Agency in San Francisco. In 1991, her advice column, “Ask Rat Dog,” was syndicated by King Features, leading to appearances on virtually every major TV talk & news show of the decade, including Oprah (3 times), Larry King Live and Good Morning America.
Faron has authored three books (“Missing Persons” & “Rip-off,” published by Writer’s Digest; and the self-published, “A Nasty Bit of Business”) and been the subject of “Hastened to their Graves,” a true crime by Edgar award-winning author, Jack Olsen.
Faron has authored three books (“Missing Persons” & “Rip-off,” published by Writer’s Digest; and the self-published, “A Nasty Bit of Business”) and been the subject of “Hastened to their Graves,” a true crime by Edgar award-winning author, Jack Olsen.
MEDIA SIGHTINGS
1984
- San Francisco Chronicle: The Maltese Faron: Tracer of Lost Persons (July)
- Marin Independent Journal: Rat Dog, Hound on the Trail of Rascals (August)
- The Recorder: Rat Dog Dick: Not Your Average Investigator (July)
- Pacific Sun: Sniffing out Skip Artists (July)
1988
- Good Morning America: Ron Reagan Jr. Moonlights in San Francisco (April)
- Larry King Live: Book Promotion, A Nasty Bit of Business (May)
- San Francisco Chronicle: Bill Mandel: Rat Dog's the Name, PI work is the game (June)
- People Are Talking: Private Investigators (June)
1989
- PI Magazine: Meet Fay Faron, a.k.a. Rat Dog Dick (Spring)
- Radio-TV Interview Report: A Real-Life Charlie’s Angel – Only This One Works Alone (May)
1991
1992
Arizona Republic: "The P.I.'s No Guy", Female private eye's chases away stereotypes (June)
- Inc magazine: Book Review: A Nasty Bit of Business (August)
- Jenny Jones Show : (September)
- Marina Times: Rat Dog Dick - Marina Private Eye, Author and New Columnist (November)
- USA Today: Book Promotion: A Nasty Bit of Business (November)
- Smart Money: (November)
- San Francisco Business Times: Rat Dog Dick Gives Advice to Hapless Chaps (December)
1992
Arizona Republic: "The P.I.'s No Guy", Female private eye's chases away stereotypes (June)
1993
- Alan Thicke Show -Pilot (October)
- Joan Rivers Show: Colorful Columnists (December)
- King Features: Syndicated “Ask Rat Dog” into 60 U.S. newspapers
- Making It: Starting Your Own P.I. Business
1994
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (February)
- Horizons: Hounding the Missing (April)
- Case Closed: Reuniting Father & Daughter (April)
- Money Magazine: Searching For A Lost Son" Faron searches for a millionaire's son that he fathered during World War II (May)
- Hard Copy: Carny cons at the California State Fair (Summer)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (October)
- 20/20: One Gypsy Family Targets the Elderly on Two Coasts (December)
- Mike & Maty: Dating Mistakes
1995
- More: Poison Partners (February)
- Santo Domingo News: "Rat Dog, the California Sleuth" Welcome Back (March)
- The City Voice: On the trail (April)
- Marie Claire: "Mystery Deaths: Old Men With Young Wives" (July)
- MSNBC News: Introducing the Internet to Viewers
1996
1997
- The Oprah Winfrey Show: Finding Siblings (February)
- More: An age-old swindle - the woman who poisons pensioners (February)
- Entrepreneur Magazine: Private Investigators Clue into Big Profits (July)
1997
- Newsweek: No Country for the Old: a family in SF made living by bilking the elderly (December)
- Hard Copy: Sweetheart Scammers
1998
- Vanity Fair; Murder Most Bizarre - The Hunt for the Killer Gypsies
- Now: "The Black Widow" The woman accused of befriending lonely old men, then poisoning them (January)
- Montel: Domestic infidelity
- PI Magazine: Meet Fay Faron, The Best Looking Skiptracer in America (April)
- Star Mag: Gypsy Beauties loved em and then killed em (May)
- Globe: How to Make Even the Worst Deadbeat Pay Up (June)
- The Sally Show: I was scammed and betrayed (July)
- Southtown Economist, Chicago Book Review of A Nasty Bit of Business (September)
1997 - 2000
- All Consuming wtih Laurel Pallock - Pickpockets & Con Artists; Pay phone scams; - Book promotion, Hastened to the Grave; - Book promotion of Rip-Off a writer's guide to crimes of deception; Street scams
- Hard Copy: Business Opportunity Scams; Carny Cons, Sweetheart Scams
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2000
- People - A Passion for Justice: (January)
- Crier Today (March)
- Rip-off and Scams: Court TV
- San Francisco Examiner: The Chick Pack (January)
- San Francisco Chronicle: Critical Mass, No one tells anyone where to go, what to do or why to do it at San Francisco’s monthly protest on wheels (July)
- Dallas Morning News: A Very Public Private Eye (August)
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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