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The After Dark Bandit

The police couldn’t figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasn’t just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.

The Good Traitor

The Nazis feared journalist Carl von Ossietzky so much they sent him to a concentration camp. Could winning the Nobel Peace Prize save his life?

Love, Interrupted

Two women promised they would see the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time once they were together. They had no idea how long that would take.

Coming to America

Layan Albaz lost her legs in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. To learn how to walk again, she had to travel more than 6,000 miles from everything she knew.

The Extra Mile

After a horrific accident, doctors told Todd Barcelona that he’d likely never run again. So he and his wife decided to run farther than they ever had before.

The Last Shall Be First

In 1994, a corrupt New Orleans cop ordered a hit on a civilian. He went away for murder, but he left a trail of other victims in his wake. They are still crying out for…

Mayday

The race to find four children who survived a plane crash deep in the Amazon.


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