Such is one question at the heart of Catch the Devil, the New York Times best-selling book by Pamela Colloff. Even still, Skalnik was relied upon to testify in case after case—with vivid, theatrical confessions he allegedly procured—helping send multiple people to prison or death row. As Catch the Devil recounts, Pearcy realized during his initial interrogation that things weren't looking good for him. "There's no physical or forensic evidence tying [Dailey] to the crime, or any motive whatsoever," says Colloff. The post A Serial Liar Likely Sent an Innocent Man to Florida's Death Row.