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Was a real life 1920s crook the inspiration for one of the world's most iconic fictional characters, “The Great Gatsby”? Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.

When King Boris III of Bulgaria dies in mysterious circumstances in the middle of the bloodiest war in history, there’s no shortage of suspects. But almost a century on, his death remains unsolved. Becky Milligan follows a trail of dissidents, poisoners, soldiers and spies to unpick eighty years of lies and cover-ups.

Viktor Kožený smooth-talked his super-wealthy Aspen neighbors and a Wall Street titan into investing huge sums of cash to snap up Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company, promising staggering returns. Sounds too good to be true, right?