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A true horror story: The abuse of teenage boys in a detention centre

"My name's Kevin Raymond Young and I'm 52 years old." There's something desperate about the way Young says it, as if he's clinging to the wreckage of his identity. Young was 17 when he was sent to…
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4625 words)

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B-movie star, best known for her role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, would have been 83 last August, but nobody knows exactly how old she was when she…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5296 words)

The cop and the robber – a unique friendship

Jackie Malton and Graham Godden used to hate each other, although they had never met. That is to say that Detective Chief Inspector Malton of the Flying Squad, the thief-taking, go-getting,…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2478 words)
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