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Easy Money
- Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
- By: Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman - contributor
- Narrated by: Ben McKenzie
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash....
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Continually interrupts narrative to bash Trump
- By Anonymous User on 04-09-2023
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Selling the Dream
- The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
- By: Jane Marie
- Narrated by: Jane Marie
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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When factories close, stalwart industries shutter, and blue-collar opportunities evaporate, MLMs are there, ready to pounce on the crumbling American Dream....
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Excellent Exposé
- By Kathryn on 27-03-2024
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Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- By: Mandy Matney
- Narrated by: Mandy Matney
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney....
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I is ok
- By Rowey555 on 05-05-2024
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Practice to Deceive
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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A riveting true-crime mystery set on a sleepy island in the Pacific Northwest: a man is murdered and the long list of suspects includes an aging beauty queen and her boyfriend....
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Longwinded
- By Stacey Baines on 11-08-2015
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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 6
- 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Steven Rostance
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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The stories in this audiobook represent humanity at its absolute worst. Pure evil. In my audiobooks, however, I don’t leave out the details. In my audiobooks, I include details not to shock, but to give the listener a deeper look into the twisted mind of the killer....
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Billion Dollar Whale
- By: Bradley Hope, Tom Wright
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Now a number-one international best seller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history....
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I werrtz🌹😐😐😐😐🍺🍺🍺🇦🇺🇦🇺
- By David on 11-05-2024
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Easy Money
- Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
- By: Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman - contributor
- Narrated by: Ben McKenzie
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash....
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Continually interrupts narrative to bash Trump
- By Anonymous User on 04-09-2023
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Selling the Dream
- The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
- By: Jane Marie
- Narrated by: Jane Marie
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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When factories close, stalwart industries shutter, and blue-collar opportunities evaporate, MLMs are there, ready to pounce on the crumbling American Dream....
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Excellent Exposé
- By Kathryn on 27-03-2024
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Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- By: Mandy Matney
- Narrated by: Mandy Matney
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney....
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I is ok
- By Rowey555 on 05-05-2024
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Practice to Deceive
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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A riveting true-crime mystery set on a sleepy island in the Pacific Northwest: a man is murdered and the long list of suspects includes an aging beauty queen and her boyfriend....
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Longwinded
- By Stacey Baines on 11-08-2015
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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 6
- 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Steven Rostance
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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The stories in this audiobook represent humanity at its absolute worst. Pure evil. In my audiobooks, however, I don’t leave out the details. In my audiobooks, I include details not to shock, but to give the listener a deeper look into the twisted mind of the killer....
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Billion Dollar Whale
- By: Bradley Hope, Tom Wright
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Now a number-one international best seller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history....
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I werrtz🌹😐😐😐😐🍺🍺🍺🇦🇺🇦🇺
- By David on 11-05-2024
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Betrayed
- The Incredible Untold Inside Story of the Two Most Unlikely Drug-Running Grannies in Australian History
- By: Sandi Logan
- Narrated by: Sandi Logan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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Betrayed is the relentlessly fascinating and often jaw-dropping true story of two American women who unwittingly became Australia's 'Drug Grannies'....
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Recommend
- By Christopher Steel on 05-07-2022
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True Crime Stories Boxset: 48 Terrifying True Crime Murder Cases
- List of Twelve Collection, Book 1
- By: Ryan Becker
- Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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The horrific and disturbing nature of these stories often makes you question everything you thought or believed about humanity. Yet they are engaging and fascinating at the same time....
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Broken Faith
- Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults
- By: Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation....
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Interesting content
- By Anonymous User on 01-01-2024
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A Sucky Love Story
- Overcoming Unhappily Ever After
- By: Brittani Louise Taylor
- Narrated by: Brittani Louise Taylor
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Where does a moderately popular internet star who never leaves her house look for potential suitors? Online. Tinder, Bumble, Match.com, OkCupid - I tried them all. My 31-year-old self clicked and swiped her little heart out, leading to more dates than I could count....
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Drone on
- By Anonymous User on 21-02-2019
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Playing Dead
- A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
- By: Elizabeth Greenwood, Elizabeth Greenwood - introduction
- Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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A darkly comic inquiry into how to fake your own death, the disappearance industry, and the lengths to which people will go to be reborn....
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Crossfire
- The Plot That Killed Kennedy
- By: Jim Marrs
- Narrated by: Jim Marrs, Michael J. Long
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Fifty years after the event that rocked the nation and shook the world, Marrs reveals the facts behind the most audacious cover-up of our time....
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This is NOT the complete CROSSFIRE book!
- By Whitefrank on 26-11-2022
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A Spy in Plain Sight
- The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen—America’s Most Damaging Russian Spy
- By: Lis Wiehl
- Narrated by: Lis Wiehl
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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A legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN, delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the “worst intelligence disaster in US history”: the case of Robert Hanssen—a Russian spy who was embedded in the FBI for two decades....
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The Bigamist
- The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal
- By: Mary Turner Thomson
- Narrated by: Mary Turner Thomson
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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From whirlwind romance to gaslighting campaign: this is truth far stranger than fiction....
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May be helpful
- By coleen blomkamp on 14-09-2023
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The Accidents
- By: Caleb Hannan
- Narrated by: Jon Pinnow
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Harold Henthorn wanted to do something special for his wife, Toni, on their 12th wedding anniversary. But the romantic hike he planned ended with her broken body lying at the bottom of a steep cliff....
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Cults
- Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them
- By: Max Cutler
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli, Raquel Beattie, Erin Ruth Walker, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
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Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential for any true crime fan....
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Dead Man Walking
- The Murky World of Michael Mc Gurk and Ron Medich
- By: Kate McClymont
- Narrated by: Kate McClymont
- Length: 14 hrs
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We all know Sydney is full of corruption and crime, but none of us expected to read about a Sydney businessman being shot in the back of his head, in his driveway, in front of his nine-year-old son, in Cremorne....
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Intriguing listening
- By Humblebuz on 08-10-2021
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Scam Goddess
- Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes
- By: Laci Mosley
- Narrated by: Laci Mosley
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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A delightfully subversive essay collection from Laci Mosley, host of the award-winning “Scam Goddess” podcast, about the frauds, cons, and schemes that make up our world—and how the scammer mindset has affected her own upbringing, career, friendships, love life, and more.
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Swamp Kings
- The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina & a Century of Backwoods Power
- By: Jason Ryan
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious low country clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity—by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place.
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Love Lies
- A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
- By: Amanda Lamb
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina, with her new husband Brad, their future was bright. Living in one of the most picturesque towns in the United States, the couple mingled with neighbors, attended parties, and raised two daughters....
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The Ghost Club
- A Penguin Audiobook Original
- By: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-crime podcasts, including Wicked Words, tells the fascinating story of the supernatural, and the club that united some of the world's most illustrious thinkers....
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Glorious!
- By Victoria Strike on 02-04-2023
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Con/Artist
- The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
- By: Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters—exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio....
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True Crime Case Histories
- 36 Disturbing True Crime Stories, Books 7, 8, and 9
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Steven Rostance, Steven de Deney
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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If you’re a fan of true crime, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the big-name cases. In my books, I do my best to find stories you may not have heard of. I count on my fans to send me stories that may have gone forgotten and aren't found all over the internet....
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A Daughter's Deadly Deception
- The Jennifer Pan Story
- By: Jeremy Grimaldi
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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From the outside looking in, Jennifer Pan seemed like a model daughter living a perfect life. The ideal child, the one her immigrant parents saw, was studying to become a pharmacist at the University of Toronto. But there was a dark, deceptive side to the angelic young woman....
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Addictive and spine tingling
- By Shab on 26-04-2022
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American Mother
- Dangerous Women - True Crime Stories
- By: Gregg Olsen
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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At 5:02 p.m. on June 5, 1986, an emergency call came into the local sheriff’s office in the small town of Auburn, Washington State. A distressed housewife, Stella Nickell, said her husband, Bruce, was having a seizure....
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a drawn out total bord
- By Amazon Customer on 28-03-2023
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The Last Investigation
- A Former Federal Investigator Reveals the Conspiracy to Kill JFK
- By: Gaeton Fonzi
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Gaeton Fonzi's masterful retelling of his work investigating the Kennedy assassination for two Congressional committees is required listening for students of the assassination....
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Unmask Alice
- LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
- By: Rick Emerson
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation....
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Who knew???!!!
- By Tania on 24-01-2023
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A Farewell to Justice
- Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History
- By: Joan Mellen
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
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Joan Mellen revisits the investigation of New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, the only public official to have indicted, in 1969, a suspect in President John F. Kennedy's murder....
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Love Me to Death
- The Chilling True Story of WIlliam “Wild Bill Cody” Neal—The Vicious Denver Lady-Killer
- By: Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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William Neal, who called himself "Wild Bill Cody," was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives....
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I love the narrator
- By Anonymous User on 20-06-2023
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Mary Flora Bell
- The Horrific True Story Behind an Innocent Girl Serial Killer
- By: Nancy Veysey, Ryan Becker
- Narrated by: Chris Clyne
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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What can drive a young and seemingly innocent child to kill? Murder is horrible enough when perpetrated by adults, and yet the concept takes on a whole new level of chilling morbidity when a murderer is revealed to be a young boy or girl....
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The Lady Vanishes
- By: Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles, and others
- Narrated by: Sarah Sutherland
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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The Lady Vanishes is an engrossing story of how a small team of seasoned investigative journalists and storytellers, a daughter's intuition, and a team of listener super-sleuths uncovered a web of intrigue spanning nine decades and three continents, and how—after 57 episodes, 20 million downloads, and sparking a coronial inquiry—they discovered at the heart of the mystery a stranger-than-fiction international man of mystery who could hold the key to what really happened to Marion.
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Chasing Boaz Manor
- By: Leah McLaren
- Narrated by: Serinda Swan
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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Boaz Manor was a finance wunderkind. He started a hedge-fund company in Canada and later burst onto Wall Street with a product that could transform the crypto market. By all accounts, he was incredibly hard-working. Possibly brilliant. And...a shameless con man who ended up wanted in multiple countries. Chasing Boaz Manor explores Boaz’s schemes through the perspective of those he left in his wake.
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Ghosts of the Past
- True Paranormal Unsolved Mysteries (Anomalous, Book 2)
- By: Rayvn Salvador
- Narrated by: Skye Alley
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Thrill-seekers and curious minds, get ready to dive headfirst into the mysterious and spine-tingling world of real-life paranormal unsolved mysteries. From haunted houses and ghostly encounters to unexplained disappearances and eerie phenomena, this book is your ticket to a hair-raising journey through some of the most baffling cases in history. Join us as we unravel the enigmatic secrets behind these chilling tales and explore the unexplained forces that continue to haunt us to this day.
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The Last Victim
- By: Tracy Hall, Summer Land
- Narrated by: Tracy Hall
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When Who the Hell is Hamish? hit podcast platforms in 2019, Tracy Hall quickly became known as the last victim of one of the world's most prolific con men, Hamish McLaren. At last, Tracy is sharing the full story of how she overcame financial and emotional betrayal in this fast-paced, witty and empowering true crime memoir.
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Tracey’s experience was raw and vulnerable.
- By Libz on 18-05-2024
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The Unaccountability Machine
- Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
- By: Dan Davies
- Narrated by: Peter Dickson
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.
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Hold Fast
- The Unadulterated Story of the World’s Most Scandalous Website
- By: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, Michael Mooney
- Narrated by: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, Michael Mooney
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nationwide.
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The Lady Vanishes
- By: Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles, and others
- Narrated by: Sarah Sutherland
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lady Vanishes is an engrossing story of how a small team of seasoned investigative journalists and storytellers, a daughter's intuition, and a team of listener super-sleuths uncovered a web of intrigue spanning nine decades and three continents, and how—after 57 episodes, 20 million downloads, and sparking a coronial inquiry—they discovered at the heart of the mystery a stranger-than-fiction international man of mystery who could hold the key to what really happened to Marion.
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Chasing Boaz Manor
- By: Leah McLaren
- Narrated by: Serinda Swan
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Boaz Manor was a finance wunderkind. He started a hedge-fund company in Canada and later burst onto Wall Street with a product that could transform the crypto market. By all accounts, he was incredibly hard-working. Possibly brilliant. And...a shameless con man who ended up wanted in multiple countries. Chasing Boaz Manor explores Boaz’s schemes through the perspective of those he left in his wake.
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Ghosts of the Past
- True Paranormal Unsolved Mysteries (Anomalous, Book 2)
- By: Rayvn Salvador
- Narrated by: Skye Alley
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Thrill-seekers and curious minds, get ready to dive headfirst into the mysterious and spine-tingling world of real-life paranormal unsolved mysteries. From haunted houses and ghostly encounters to unexplained disappearances and eerie phenomena, this book is your ticket to a hair-raising journey through some of the most baffling cases in history. Join us as we unravel the enigmatic secrets behind these chilling tales and explore the unexplained forces that continue to haunt us to this day.
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The Last Victim
- By: Tracy Hall, Summer Land
- Narrated by: Tracy Hall
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When Who the Hell is Hamish? hit podcast platforms in 2019, Tracy Hall quickly became known as the last victim of one of the world's most prolific con men, Hamish McLaren. At last, Tracy is sharing the full story of how she overcame financial and emotional betrayal in this fast-paced, witty and empowering true crime memoir.
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Tracey’s experience was raw and vulnerable.
- By Libz on 18-05-2024
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The Unaccountability Machine
- Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
- By: Dan Davies
- Narrated by: Peter Dickson
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.
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Hold Fast
- The Unadulterated Story of the World’s Most Scandalous Website
- By: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, Michael Mooney
- Narrated by: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, Michael Mooney
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nationwide.
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Swamp Kings
- The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina & a Century of Backwoods Power
- By: Jason Ryan
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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The most famous man in South Carolina lives jailed in the state capital. He stands accused of a staggering amount of wrongdoing—ninety-nine crimes and counting. Once a high-flying, smooth-talking, pedigreed Southern lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is now disbarred and disgraced. For more than a decade, prosecutors claim, Alex was secretly a fraud, a thief, a drug dealer and an all-around phony. On the night of June 7, 2021, they claim, he also became a killer.
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The King of Diamonds
- The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief
- By: Rena Pederson
- Narrated by: Erin Dion
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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As a string of high-profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief the King of Diamonds. Like Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief, the King was so bold that he tip-toed into the homes of millionaires while they were home, hiding in their closets and daring to smoke while they were sleeping. Rena Pederson, then a young reporter with UPI, started following the elusive thief while she managed the night desk. With gymnastic skill, he climbed trees and crawled across rooftops to take jewels from heiresses, oil kings, corporate CEOs.
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American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby?
- By: Blanchard House
- Narrated by: Joe Nocera
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.
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The Chain
- The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us
- By: Chimene Suleyman
- Narrated by: Chimene Suleyman
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend's life: that she and many other women had been subtly, patiently and painfully betrayed. In this spellbinding memoir, she exposes one man's control over many women and the trauma he left behind, and celebrates the sisterhood that formed in his wake despite - and in spite of - him.
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Cauldron of Blood
- The Matamoros Cult Killings
- By: Jim Schutze
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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When Mark Kilroy vanished while on spring break in Matamoros, Mexico, the search for the missing pre-med student led to a gruesome discovery on a lonely stretch of land called Rancho Santa Elena: a mass grave containing Mark's mutilated corpse along with the remains of thirteen other people. The investigation uncovered how the victims were brutally killed at the hands of drug trafficker and cult leader Adolpho Constanzo, known by his followers as El Padrino, or The Godfather.
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Finding Miracles
- Escape from a Cult
- By: Andrew LeCompte
- Narrated by: Joe Yang
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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A lack of love in an authoritarian household sparked Andrew’s lifelong search for love and belonging. His AA sponsor introduced him to A Course in Miracles, which Andrew studied deeply for twenty years. Then a celebrated spiritual teacher invited him to edit his first book and join his community. Andrew had been led to believe that he was chosen to find the Love of God. After a heart-rending parting from his family, he moved to Utah and joined the community.