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American Dreamer: Who was Jay Gatsby?

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.

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The Butterfly King

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.

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The Pirate of Prague

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?

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Black & Blue: Behind the Badge

The story of Michael Morrison – a cop whose career made him question everything he knew about justice, community, and himself. After joining the police force to serve and protect, he quickly realizes what he’s up against including corruption, violence and most of all, racism.

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Hooked on Freddie

The incredible story of Freddie, a wild dolphin who appears in the harbour of a grim, northern port in the late 1980s, transforming the town’s fortunes. But when one man is accused of taking his friendship with the dolphin way too far, things spiral out of control.

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Agatha Christie & the Dandelion Poisoner

No-nonsense New York journalist, Joe Nocera (The Shrink Next Door writer and presenter) investigates a strange and intriguing 100 year-old British murder case, featuring afternoon tea and arsenic. How did the case, and others like it, inspire the best-selling writer of all time: Agatha Christie?

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