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The Boss from Hell

Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back

Hijacking the Influencers

A new type of online scam targets influencers and porn stars—by seizing control of social-media accounts and holding them hostage

The Sins of the Father

The rape trial of Dominique Pelicot has shocked France. But the story has gotten even darker with the revelation that Pelicot may have drugged and abused his own daughter

The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin

Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?

There’s No Place Like Ontario Place

Once home to a public park and architectural marvels, an island off the shore of the idyllic Lake Ontario is being turned into a big-budget spa, to the ire of some locals

Twisted Sister

A nun named Gertrude is the face of one of the buzziest craft breweries in Belgium. But in a previous life, she conspired to commit genocide in Rwanda

Ladies and the Tramp

An I.T. employee at the elite Kent boarding school, in Connecticut, downloaded photos from 70 under-age female students’ laptops. Then he moved on to Yale

The Billionaire Predator

Frank Stronach, a 92-year-old Canadian auto-parts tycoon, has been accused of multiple sexual assaults dating back nearly 50 years. One of his alleged victims shares her story

To Blackmail a King

The former mistress of Spain’s exiled monarch, Juan Carlos, forced her 13-year-old son to photograph and video her royal romps in order to extort millions of dollars in hush money from the Spanish state

Follow the Ruby Red Slippers!

The crazy tale of a career criminal’s theft of the shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz—and the madcap, decades-long fight to get them back

The Wreck of the Bayesian

To celebrate the end of a 12-year legal ordeal, billionaire Mike Lynch set sail on his “unsinkable” 184-foot yacht. The Fates weren’t with him

Oops! They Diddy It Again

A TikTok conspiracy theory shows how quickly wild—and completely unfounded—rumors can come to dominate social media

Curse of the Forbes 30 Under 30!

Twentysomethings scrabble and fight to appear on the business magazine’s list of bright young things—but many of them quickly crash and burn

Love Among the Ruins: Part Two

Shattered by my sister Dorothy Stratten’s murder, Peter Bogdanovich and I were bonded for life. Not everyone in Hollywood approved

The Horror at Harrods

Mohamed Al-Fayed has been revealed as a serial rapist who kept his victims quiet through threats and blackmail. His biographer reveals the resentment that fueled the magnate’s crimes

Class War in the Schoolroom

The new Labour government is hiking up taxes on Britain’s acclaimed private schools. Is it leveling the playing field or getting revenge on Boris Johnson?

Love Among the Ruins: Part One

Accompanying my sister, Dorothy Stratten, to the Playboy Mansion at 12 was a shock. But nothing could have prepared me for what followed

The Hack and the Wack

The revelation of sexts between star reporter Olivia Nuzzi and erstwhile presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blown minds—and shattered journalistic ethics

The Nordic Connection

How a turf war between rival gangs turned Sweden—yes, Sweden—into the most violent country in Europe

A Hard Game to Love

Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit

Pino Noir: Part II

Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder

The Dark Side of Alain Delon

He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life

Pino Noir

Miami businessman Sergio Pino was successful at nearly everything—except for his numerous bumbling attempts to kill his wife of 32 years

Game Changers

As America’s major sports leagues became moneymaking monopolies, a trio of trailblazing organizations—rife with scandal and star power—tried to cut in on the action