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Winston Trew has just been arrested for mugging. It's 1972 and the crime has recently made its way t
In the bleak Russian winter of 1959, nine experienced hikers led by Igor Dyatlov set out on an exped
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When James Dallas Egbert III was reported missing from his college dorm in 1979, one of America's mo
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Tim Harford joined Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova on their podcast Risky Business to discuss two of
India, 1930. Sarojini Naidu is marching towards a British-controlled saltwork; behind her is a long
Early morning, April 1789. Captain Bligh is abruptly dragged from his cabin. Wrists bound, bayonet p
In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from
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