Joseph L. Flatley is an author and investigative journalist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania whose beat is conspiracy theories and fringe subcultures. In his books and articles, he has chronicled internet con artists, doomsday preppers, Satanic Panic pseudo-therapists, and Julian Assange, to name a few. His stories have appeared in The Verge, The Outline, Postindustrial, and CounterPunch.
