Since its existence was revealed on a radio program (the “Uncle Henry Show”) last week there has been a public clamor for a preview of Mod Mobilian’s video series based Eddie Curran’s “The Governor of Goat Hill.”
We will acquiesce with a ROUGH CUT.
In this video series we will break down the complexities of the Siegelman case in an understandable and entertaining way.
The homey milieu (lighting, etc.) is by Mr. Curran’s choice – informal and relaxed. His wish is to record his slide show for posterity.
We preview “The House Sale” – based on Siegelman’s $250,000 sale of his Montgomery house (which was appraised at $125,000 at the time and later sold for $10) to Wray Pearce, the accountant for trial lawyer Lanny Vines.
This is a more earnest episode – but just wait until we get to 60 minutes and the national media’s treatment of the story.
Addendum: Thank you to those of you who have given feedback. You need STILL MORE EXCITEMENT. (In all fairness LLCs are tough to make exciting.) Mr. Curran’s intent was to present his slide show – but we hope with your feedback to take it ON LOCATION (M’gmery, B’Ham) for YET MORE ACTION. So, the series will be delayed for several more weeks.
Mod Mobilian interviews Eddie Curran – author of the controversial and riveting book:
“The Governor of Goat Hill: Don Siegelman, the reporter who exposed his crimes, and the hoax the suckered some of the top names in journalism”
Visit the website www.eddiecurran.com to peruse and buy the book, additional thoughts by Mr. Curran, some Alice Cooper and much more – a great website.
Mr. Curran’s Bio: I am 48, tall and tending to overweight. I was born in Mobile and have spent most of my life here. I graduated high school from St. Paul’s Episcopal School; and college, in 1984, from Washington & Lee University in Virginia. There I made average grades and majored in American History. I was lazy as the day is long and doomed to mediocrity until circumstances delivered me into journalism, where I found motivation. After a stint at the Big Spring Herald in West Texas, I moved back to Mobile and in 1988 began what was to become almost 20 years at my hometown newspaper, now called the Press-Register. I wrote sports until moving to news in 1994. I soon gravitated to investigative-type reporting. I spent most of my time working on investigative stories, primarily regarding politics and the courts, until 2007, when for all practical purposes I left the paper to write this book. My wife Jana is from Bratislava, Slovakia. We have two children — Jerry, who is 16, and Eva, who is 10. The only member of the family besides me who doesn’t speak Slovakian is Bud, our near-human, long-haired dachshund.
