DescriptionPornographer, pundit, and social outcast Larry Flynt's life story needs no exaggeration to make it one of the most compelling of the 20th century. As the founder and publisher of the controversial Hustler Magazine, he was condoned by millions of Americans and left a paraplegic by an abhorring vigilante. Flynt overcame the odds and became a spokesman for First Amendment rights. His case of bad taste went all the way to the Supreme Court, resulting in a landmark decision for freedom of speech. But Flynt's story is not entirely triumphant - despite his grand victory, fame and money couldn't save his cherished, adoring wife. This remarkable story was made into an Academy Award-nominated film, The People vs. Larry Flint, directed by Milos Forman, and should not be missed on audio. Includes an introduction by Larry Flynt himself.
DescriptionHear the memoirs of 2 tabloid reporters who have said that they would do anything, everything, and more to get a story. As the public appetite for intimate details about celebrities has grown, the authors have traveled the continent in search of headline stories for The Star, The National Enquirer, and The Globe. Invading the privacy of others has become their way of life. Whether trying to bluff their way into the wedding of Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett or stalking Oprah Winfrey in L.A., this team has hotly pursued dozens of celebrities, including Luke Perry, Nicole Kidman, Pamela Anderson, Marlon Brando, and many more.
DescriptionKnown to most as "The Richest Man in the World, " J. Paul Getty had a fortune that exceeded $6 billion. This biography of Getty, a New York Times best seller, depicts the man whose interests ranged from eccentric, to controversial, to charitable, as he lived the life of a philanthropist, bigamist, art collector, Nazi sympathizer, businessman, and social snob.
DescriptionA fresh look at the Depression-era bank robbers, killers, and lovers. Their uncanny ability to escape police and Bonnie's poetry, which was published in newspapers, made them popular anti-heroes. This profile features an interview with Marie Barrow, Clyde's sister.
DescriptionDid Lizzie Borden really take an axe and give her mother 40 whacks and her father 41? She was acquitted, but controversy still rages over the century-old double murder case. This documentary digs for the facts.
DescriptionA diary found in Liverpool may be the key to identifying history's first and most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. For decades the mystery of his identity has confounded experts, but this recent finding may finally bring them some answers. It is filled with clues that identify its author as James Maybrick, a cotton merchant who died in 1889 of arsenic poisoning, probably due to his own addiction to the substance - an addiction that contributed to a secret life in London as Jack the Ripper. The diary is the subject of considerable controversy, however, and a report questioning its authenticity is included here, along with a rebuttal to that report. Follow the detective work as the experts compare the diary's content with what is already known about Maybrick and Jack the Ripper. Make your own decision - were these 2 personas one and the same?
DescriptionThe true story of the gangsters immortalized in the classic movie. You will be surprised to learn that the Sundance Kid was killed in the Bolivian gunfight depicted in the film, but Butch escaped.
DescriptionWhat went wrong in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial? Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi dares to lay bare the bungling he perceived in the case. Incriminating evidence was never presented and lapses in strategy left prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden at a disadvantage. These are just a few of the fatal errors that led to a victory for the defense. Listen as Bugliosi weaves his own final summation, laying out the evidence in its proper sequence and forestalling or rebutting the ploys of the defense. Bugliosi is familiar with high-profile murder trials, his most famous one being the Charles Manson case, which became the basis for his book, Helter Skelter .
DescriptionLadies and gentlemen, meet Attila Ambrus, the Robin Hood of eastern Europe. He's the onetime pelt smugger, goaltender (possibly the worst in the history of professional hockey), pen salesman, Zamboni driver, gravedigger, church painter, roulette addict, b…
DescriptionIt was a time when anything seemed possible, instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury, and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors' money in three months, the…
