Novedades

From the moment an eccentric woman walked into the Knoedler Gallery with a Mark Rothko painting, everyone was fooled. For the next ten years, she ran an $80 million forgery ring, selling or consigning forty expertly crafted counterfeits claimed to be the works of Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and others. Director of the documentary Made You Look Barry Avrich reveals new information, evidence, and inside stories about how a quixotic art dealer, master forger, and two cunning con artists managed to fool billionaire art collectors, journalists, and esteemed art appraisers.

On September 6, 1982, convicted murderer Leroy James Chasson made a daring break for freedom from the Massachusetts Correctional Institute-Walpole—one of the most infamous, escape-proof prisons in the country. But this wasn't just any prison break. It was a meticulously planned, five-year effort, made possible by an unlikely accomplice—Kathleen MacDonald, Chasson's former pen-pal turned wife.

As an 18-year-old on a gap year in Canberra, Liz Cameron was approached at a shopping centre by a woman who, unbeknownst to her, was a recruiting agent for Providence, a Christian cult that originated in South Korea and currently operates in 72 countries. As a new adult, Cameron was struggling to navigate the world and her identity, and as cults do so skilfully, they took advantage of her vulnerability.

In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of Hobby Lobby, announced a purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE. Noted scholar Roberta Mazza was stunned. When was this piece discovered, and how could Green acquire such a rare item? The answers, which Mazza spent the next ten years uncovering, came as a shock: the fragment had come from a famous collection held at Oxford University, and its rightful owners had no idea it had been sold.

Zwischen 1975 und 1978 erpresste ein sich 'Monsieur X' nennender Mann mit ungewöhnlich persönlich begründeten Drohbriefen und gezielten Sabotageakten die Deutsche Bundesbahn, wobei er trotz großer Polizeianstrengungen lange unentdeckt blieb und erst nach der Ausstrahlung eines Aktenzeichen XY-Beitrags durch einen entscheidenden Hinweis identifiziert werden konnte.

A Widow’s Journey Through Online Scammers: A Story of Love, Loss, and Laughter in the Face of Deception. After the devastating loss of her beloved husband and son, Nella found herself navigating the unpredictable and often deceptive world of online dating. What began as a search for companionship quickly turned into an eye-opening journey through romance scams, military scam awareness, and the dark underworld of online relationship fraud.

Night Before Christmas fixates on a single week in the Scott Peterson case canon – December 24th to December 31st, 2002. It delves deep, beyond the shallow demeanor of the infamous defendant, further and wider than the media narrative, far outside the demonstrable facts fielded at trial. “Fifteen years later, we have the most powerful tool at our disposal: hindsight. We can see where things were going, how they were evolving, where there was adaptation, and we can see the finish line. With the archives at our disposal, we’re able to filter through it, mine it, and analyze it. We’re ...

El 3 de abril de 2002, una joven tucumana llamada María de los Ángeles Verón desapareció de la faz de la Tierra. En un principio, su madre, Susana Trimarco, denunció fuertes sospechas de que la hubiera matado su propio yerno, pareja de su hija. También abundó en otras hipótesis, como deudas de juego de su propio marido. Sin embargo, al poco tiempo la mujer empezó a dar forma a una interesante trama referida a un posible secuestro por trata de personas detrás de la evaporación de su hija. En ese contexto, armó un discurso sólido y convincente, que logró introducir con eficacia ...

The sequel to "The Best Revenge - is exposing the Truth" is a gripping tale of truth and justice, born from the ashes of false accusations. This compelling narrative showcases the remarkable journey of redemption undertaken by the author, who was unjustly accused and later exonerated. In a shocking turn of events, Dr. Melissa Weinstein and Dr. Pat Robinson wove a web of deceit, accusing their former business manager, Tina Patch, of multiple felonies, including embezzlement and identity theft. As Dr. Melissa Weinstein persisted in her campaign of harassment, defamation, and slander against ...

On a stormy Thanksgiving Eve in 1971, a man known only as “Dan Cooper” boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305, claimed to have a bomb, and demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, he vanished mid-flight—parachuting into the freezing darkness over the Pacific Northwest. He was never seen again. Decades later, the case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history. Despite an exhaustive FBI investigation, Cooper’s identity and fate remain a mystery, fuelling endless speculation and intrigue. In The Man Who Wasn't There, Mark Stokes ...

The amazing true story of Gregor MacGregor - Scottish soldier, adventurer and conman - who from 1821 to 1837 attempted to draw investors and settlers to "Poyais", a non-existent Central American territory he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Told in the form of a 30 minute play, "The Scandalous Tale of Gregor MacGregor" tells the story of a master conman and it reminds us all that when someone makes an offer too good to be true, then it probably is.

Was Diogo Alves really Portugal’s first - or biggest - serial killer, or just the subject of legend? Stories claim he threw dozens of victims from Lisbon’s famous aqueduct, that he was the country’s most infamous murderer, and that his severed head was even preserved for study. But how much of it is true? This book is a simplified adaptation of Os Segredos de Diogo Alves, offering an English-speaking audience a look into the essentials of the research behind the legend. Instead of lengthy historical documents, it presents just the key findings, the myths, and the real story behind ...