Scams & Politics
Fraud, swindles and crooked politics: the darker side of society.
The Magazine Had Bought the Scoop of the Century. Two Weeks Later, the Paper Gave It Away.
In 1983, Stern opened its vaults for dozens of diaries attributed to Hitler. The story had a crashed aircraft, convinced experts and a seller no one…
The Pentagon Received This Plan in 1962. Almost No One Saw It for Thirty Years.
Fifteen pages proposed manufacturing the anger needed for a war. The signatures at the bottom did not belong to extremists.
They Didn’t Need to Prove Cigarettes Were Safe. They Only Had to Manufacture Doubt.
In December 1953, tobacco executives met in a grand New York hotel. They were not looking for a scientific answer. They were looking for a strategy.
The Sheikh Was Fake. The Envelopes, Politicians and Hidden Cameras Were Not.
The FBI wanted to recover stolen paintings. Its fictional billionaire ended up meeting members of Congress prepared to sell their influence.
He Invented a Country. Then He Sold Its Land to Real People.
Two ships crossed the Atlantic for a capital drawn on maps. As the coast came into view, something became impossible to explain.