Girls Gotta Eat How to Investigate, Detect Lies, and Catch a Catfish with the Dating Detectives
Mar 9, 2026
Mackenzie Fultz, a licensed private investigator who uncovers fraud and infidelity, and Hanna Anderson, comedian and storyteller who brings humor to dating mysteries. They dig into catching liars and catfish, online sleuthing tricks like reverse image search, red flags such as no verifiable community, DARVO and deflection tactics, and the rise of AI-enabled deception.
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Verify Dates With Quoted Google Searches
- Use advanced Google techniques to verify someone: quote their name and pair keywords like a university or job to find direct matches.
- Go past page one and use combined quoted terms to reveal tagged photos, rosters, or class mentions that prove claims.
Use Data Brokers To Map Phone Numbers
- Reverse-lookup phones via data brokers to cheaply connect numbers to addresses, tickets, and known associates.
- Pay small fees on broker sites to expand a phone number into names and records without ordering expensive background checks.
Liar Reaction Scales With The Lie
- Mackenzie notes a pattern: the bigger the lie, the stronger and faster the defensive reaction from the liar.
- Expect extreme anger, deflection, or DARVO when confronting long-term deceptions like secret marriages or affairs.