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
An Unfair Crack of the Whip
The world of Olympic equestrianism was rocked by the recent leaked video of one of its brightest stars severely whipping a horse. Can the sport ever recover?
L’Affaire Negresco
In her final years, Hotel Negresco owner Jeanne Augier was surrounded by all sorts of interlopers. What’s to become of her $500 million fortune—and one of the crown jewels of the French Riviera?
The Hamptons’ Mr. Fixit
If you’re rich and live on the East End, Eddie Burke can make your problems disappear
A Model Wife
The model turned musician Carla Bruni is utterly devoted to her husband, the disgraced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. But will she face jail time for collusion in his crimes?
Gatsby to the Jersey-Wearing Set
Thanks to his White Party, Michael Rubin is one of the most popular billionaires in America. But rumors on Wall Street suggest his sports-merchandising business is struggling
Oh, Mr. Sandman!
Are the violent sexual story lines of the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman jumping off the page and into his life?
A Downfall in Southampton
They were an ambitious couple who had everything—looks, money, a glamorous life—until it all unraveled and left one of them dead
To Catch a Murderer
In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who publicly alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was brutally killed. Why has the case remained unsolved?
The Queen of Cups
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted to steal the Holy Grail. Little did they know that a Valencian postwoman had hidden it in her sofa
The Social Network
As Harvard gets more progressive, its “final clubs”—known for their exclusivity and indulgent behavior—seem trapped in the past
Behind Closed Doors
Claims of questionable business ethics and sexual improprieties at Carpenters Workshop, the art world’s most prestigious design gallery, reveal a company flying dangerously close to the sun
Roanoke’s Requiem
A grassroots effort attempts to make sense of a heartbreaking cancer surge among Roanoke College’s young alumni
The Secret Daughter
A battle over the estate of Mario D’Urso—the Italian banker and senator who epitomized the 1970s jet set—gets complicated when a daughter he didn’t know he had enters the picture
The Long War at Columbia University
In 2004, a short Internet documentary accusing particular professors of anti-Semitism provoked a local furor. Today, some see it as an unheeded warning
Hello, Ladies!
The Garrick Club—the preferred snoozing, dining, and watering hole of King Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sting—has finally voted to accept female members. Not everyone is happy
A Conspiracy of One
When high-profile members of the British Establishment—including a former prime minister—were accused of being pedophiles, the country tore itself apart trying to find the truth
The Eyes of a Killer: Part VII
It began as a routine hearing. Then came a pair of revelations that could upend the government’s case against Bryan Kohberger
The Zelig of Awful
Meet Scott Thorson: Liberace’s ex. Witness in the notorious Wonderland murders. Televangelist. Drug runner for the Mob
Bullied, Beaten, and Buggered
The award-winning author recounts the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse he received at his posh English boarding school
Eat, Pray, Leave
When a British chef ghosted his pregnant wife and young child, she turned to Facebook to track him down
Fast Times at San Sebastian
Inside the Viagra-dealing-priest scandal that rocked a sleepy Spanish town
Ticker Time Bomb
Donald Trump’s “media company” was a laughingstock until it debuted on the NASDAQ as an actual stock. Now Wall Street is about to learn the truth about Truth Social, the meme stock
Interview with a Dumpster Fire
Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?
