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The Backstory: The Adventure of a Lifetime Ends in Murder
Her family is murdered while on the adventure of a lifetime and the 11 year old survivor is lost at sea for days. As it turns out, the murderer is so…
1 year ago
The Backstory: Versace: When Envy Leads to Obsession . . And Then to Murder
Gianni Versace was one of the world’s hottest designers. In 1997 he had a net worth of almost a billion dollars and some of the most exquisite mansio…
1 year ago
The Backstory: Titanic’s Boss: Bad Guy . . Or Victim of Bad Press
Bruce Ismay ran the White Star Line but managed to save himself from the sinking of the Titanic by hopping into a lifeboat. Was he a coward . . or si…
1 year ago
The Backstory: Reincarnation Stories From the Famous and Not So Famous
Reincarnation is one of those topics that you either believe is a real possibility or you think is nuts. But there are stories with no other easy exp…
1 year ago
The Backstory: From 30 Pounds of Wool to the Thong . . In One Century
If women in the 1800s wanted to take a swim . . they were pulled into the surf in a cabana on wheels, wearing 30 pounds of wet wool. So how did we ge…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Backstory: Party Like a Pope!
While watching the Catholic Church choose a new pope earlier this month, it seemed completely immersed in tradition. But Pope Leo the 14th is a very …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Backstory: Did a Missing Heiress Vanish Into a New Life?
What happens when you’re born into tremendous wealth and social standing, but all you want is a bohemian life filled with creativity and freedom? In …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Backstory: Dead Pope’s Body . . On Trial
We’ve been intrigued in the past few weeks with the ancient traditions surrounding the choice for a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. But t…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Backstory: The Tragedy That Inspired Will Ferrell’s Anchorman Flicks
Jessica Savitch had a dramatic rise... and an even more dramatic fall in the network news business of the 1970s and ’80s. It’s a shocker! But her tra…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Backstory: Jack Kerouac: On the Road With a Brilliant Disaster
Few authors have impacted literature and our culture like On the Road author Jack Kerouac. But his short life was filled with pain, depression, addic…
1 year, 1 month ago