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I Could Have Killed Him Twice
A Gilded Age tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge.
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Nancy Markey and Kay Adams
The Obsessive Life and Mysterious Death of the Fisherman Who Discovered The Loch Ness Monster
A humble Scotsman saw something strange in the water—and daringly set out to catch it—only to have lecherous out-of-towners steal his fame and upend his…
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Paul Brown
The Sisterhood of Sex and the Quest for Porno Power
Directors with gross demands. Feminists branding them as brainwashed. Five ’80s porn stars were over the not-so-sunny side of the Golden Age of Porn. So…
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Hallie Lieberman
The Curse of the Ship of Gold
How a brilliant scientist went from discovering a mother lode of treasure at the bottom of the sea to fleeing from authorities with suitcases full of…
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Dylan Taylor-Lehman
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The Greatest Game Ever Played Behind Barbed Wire
Imprisoned in a WWII internment camp, these Japanese-American teens held tight to their love for America’s pastime—building a diamond in the desert, and…
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Lisa Heyamoto
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The “Insane Pirate” Drifter and the Double Killing at the Fourplex
In the midst of Portland, Oregon’s “dumpster fire” chaos of 2020, two transient lovers met a quirky hustler offering a dream apartment deal. But it soon…
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Thacher Schmid
The Gutsy Undercover Cop Who Took Down Chicago P.D.’s Most Crooked Crew
A Black sergeant was the only one willing to take on a risky FBI mission targeting drug-dealer-extorting cops. He reveals how he did it—and why it was…
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David Howard
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