When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

by John Ganz

Dubbing himself “Rusty Sharpe,” he cribbed his on-air schtick from Midwest radio stars like Chicago’s Larry Lujack—famous for his dry, exasperated mockery of his listeners’ letters on the air—and Harry Caray, the famous Chicago Cubs broadcaster.