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Matt Novak

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All-American Huckster

The untold story of Napoleon Hill, who practically invented the self-help scam through his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich.

Matt Novak Gizmodo Dec 2016 1h20min Permalink

Crime Tech

The Untold Story of the Teen Hackers Who Transformed the Early Internet

Bill Landreth was one of the whiz kids, poking around Pentagon servers with the friends he had never met. But one of them was an FBI informant.

Matt Novak Paleo Future Apr 2016 20min Permalink

White Utopia

The racist foundation of Oregon.

Matt Novak Gizmodo Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

The Man Who Fought the Synanon Cult and Won

Under the cover of curing addicts, they beat and brainwashed their charges in basements across California. When a cult deprogrammer crossed them, he found a rattlesnake in his mailbox.

Matt Novak Gizmodo Sep 2014 Permalink