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Mystery of the Black Swan
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The Memory Game
Our memories make us who we are. But what if it turned out that even our most vivid remembrances can't be trusted?
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Welcome
Hello. Welcome to my website. Here you can read all manner of strange stories that I have covered as a non-fiction writer. They include reports of dark acts involving murder and fraud, as well as unsolved mysteries, miscarriages of justice and other corruption.
Many of these tales feature bizarre characters and unlikely environments including medicine, showbusiness and the international art market. What most of the stories have in common is that they remain unresolved - my prime reason for republishing them here. My other intention is to demonstrate that truth is not only stranger than fiction: dark, perhaps horrific acts, whether involving murder, fraud or brainwashing, in real life have a uniquely disconcerting power to settle inside one’s head, to haunt and grip the imagination.
The fascination of all true mysteries, scandals or crimes lies in the question: what happened next? I therefore include news of any developments which occurred since the stories were originally published, mainly in the magazine sections of the national press. I often have to remind myself that however inconceivable the events and sinister the people I have met or written about, all are real, not make believe. Truth is messy. There are no neat explanations or convincing endings. Many of these stories are not only unsettling to write, they also make uncomfortable reading because of the questions and tangle of loose ends that remain.
As a writer, the deeper you delve into the realms of true crime, the more you become sucked into each story, driven by a compulsion to unravel each mystery and understand the shadowy, malign side of the human psyche. Like criminal detective work, journalistic sleuthing becomes an adventure. With each new case or unsolved mystery, there are false leads, frustration, long and tortuous trails, often nasty surprises. Assignments become not only a challenge but an obsession. By sharing that obsession, I expect you will agree that unlike fiction, true tales of intrique and skulduggery are tales without end. Read on. You may become hooked ........