How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’
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When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life
Monika Glennon had one brief exchange with a complete stranger in a Facebook comment section. That stranger destroyed her life.
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Improbable Cause
One mysterious death, then another, and another—all in the same house. The first two written off as a tragic coincidence, until the third shattered doubts.
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What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser?
The disappearance of a once ubiquitous movie star.
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Worst Roommate Ever
“You’ve got your whole life in front of you. You’re pretty, you’ve got this house—well, you don’t have this house anymore. This house is my house.”
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Blood Will Tell: Part 1
The trail and conviction of Joe Bryan.
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The Great High School Impostor
All Artur Samarin wanted to be was a normal American teenager. So that’s what he became.
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"I Killed Them All"
The life of one of America’s bloodiest hitmen.
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How an Aspiring 'It' Girl Tricked New York's Party People
“Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else. And the thing was: It was so easy.”
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The Unsolved Murder of an Unusual Billionaire
Last December, a Canadian pharmaceuticals executive and his wife were found strangled in their home. No one knows who did it or why, but everyone has a theory.
