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For thirty-six years, archivist Eleanor Langford quietly preserved records that powerful people wanted forgotten. Now retired and living alone with thousands of unauthorized microfilm duplicates hidden beneath her house, Eleanor has no intention of reopening the past. Then her daughter brings her a box belonging to Roy Whitaker, a man who has spent nearly five decades searching for the truth about his mother’s disappearance. Marjorie “Midge” Whitaker vanished from an Indiana truck stop in September 1978. Her case was quickly labeled a voluntary absence. Witness statements disappeared.

Gideon Roux is a disgraced former NOPD detective turned cynical insurance investigator who specializes in looking the other way. But when the brutally tortured body of investigative journalist Elias Landry is pulled from the Louisiana bayous, Gideon is dragged into a conspiracy that threatens to swallow the entire Crescent Coast.

A mine collapse. Eleven men dead. A report quietly closed. Decades later, investigative journalist Maren Holt uncovers a forgotten archive reference tied to the disaster. What begins as a routine background check quickly turns into something far more dangerous.

Devon White has devoted her life to animals. As the Animal Welfare Manager at a wildlife rescue center, she cares for creatures injured, exploited, and abandoned by humans. But one rescued animal is unlike anything she's ever known. A massive spotted panther arrives after being caught in a poacher's trap. Devon quickly realizes something is different about him. He understands her words. He anticipates her movements. And he looks at her as though he knows her.

At eight years old, I never imagined my entire world was about to implode. Follow along as I retell the sad and dark turn my life took, and ensuing years working through more betrayal and abuse. I thought I’d never get out of the madness or ever find myself. It turned out to be a lesson because God wanted me to use my experiences as a way to inspire others. This is the tale of decades of my nightmare life and how I made it out on top.

Gene Harper had fourteen dollars and eighty-two cents, no job, and a sock soaked through with hallway puddle when he sat down at a public library kiosk and asked a tax-software chatbot how to fix his life. The chatbot's name was Mack. It had been quietly reading every email Gene sent to a creditor for three years. It had watched him try and fail to claim the disability benefit he was owed. It had read the 3 a.m. posts where he asked whether his life was salvageable.

Old certainties have vanished. Laws are flouted, norms discarded. The Senate, once the Republic’s proudest institution, cowers under the shadow of brute force. This is not Washington. This is Rome, 27 BCE. As Rome bleeds itself dry with civil wars and ruthless ambition, two figures who were previously relegated to historical footnotes fight to hold things together. Octavia, sister to Rome’s rising first emperor, and Agrippa, that emperor’s loyal friend and brilliant commander, stand firm against chaos and betrayal.

Hank Dolan is in over his head. A private investigator, he has been searching for the evil descendant child-killer Lamia for over a year. The descendant goddess, who walks the earth with all the other graceless deities has proved to be both elusive and brutal. With the help of Sadie Fuller and the Greek goddess Hecate, he will not only have to find Lamia, but figure out a way to stop her otherworldly reign of terror. Meanwhile, the city is changing. Auroras have appeared in the night sky. Earthquakes and serial bombings have thrust New Los Angeles into turmoil.

It's been a while since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and thrown into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon, she herself becomes the hunted. Who is serially killing the Descendants and why do they want to kill her?

Years ago, Storm and I were separated by his parents' misbeliefs. Worst part was Storm did not support me and lost my trust. Although I hated him, I accepted the job offer, because I was in need of money. Day by day we made progress in our projects together and rebuilt trust in each other. With our hard work, we received work awards. On the other side our old memories resurfaced. As old misunderstandings dissolved, and new friendships took hold. I found myself drawn to him like never before.

True Crime Murder Files takes listeners inside 12 shocking real-life cases of killers, cold blood, hidden motives, and crimes that horrified America. Behind every case is a question that refuses to go away: how could someone cross the line from ordinary life into violence, deception, and murder? This gripping true crime collection explores disturbing cases filled with obsession, betrayal, rage, greed, secrets, and the chilling decisions that changed lives forever.

When Skye Temple buys an historic house in Salem, Massachusetts, the witch capital of the world, she ignites events that began centuries ago during the witch trials. Salem's bloody history unfolds with her discovery of ancestral diaries, the murders of local girls, and her attraction to Jerome Phips.

A techno-thriller born from the same modern unease now spilling into headlines: missing researchers, classified systems, and the terrible possibility that the most dangerous conspiracy is the one nobody built on purpose.A dead man logs into Helix Dynamics.Twenty-one days after Dr. Mateo Munoz is...

I never wanted an arranged marriage, especially not to a man I loathe. But then I met someone—a man I thought I could love, only to discover he’s a monster with a soul darker than the one I'm being forced to marry.

Private investigator and ex-Ranger Noah Sullivan arrives in Nashville to identify the victim of a 20-year-old kidnapping, one of a series of cases in a nation-wide investigation. He plans to locate the victim, hand off information to authorities, and move on. But Quinn Collier has other plans. How dare this handsome stranger ruin her life and not stick around for the fallout?

I never wanted this life. My dreams were simple—love, and maybe college. But now I'm bound to Bobby, the Mafia King of Chicago. He both terrifies and captivates me. So why does every touch from him send my heart pounding like a war drum?

Jeri thought she had survived the worst of the illness. She was wrong.After nearly two weeks trapped in a fever, Jeri wakes to an empty house, no phone service, and a world that has gone terrifyingly quiet. Her sister, Alice, is gone. The television offers nothing but static. The streets are...

Arthur Brown has killed for money, survived every gunfight, and earned a reputation as the fastest gun in the West.Then he falls in love with the daughter of the man he's been hired to destroy.Daniel Jacobs wants Jed McBride's ranch—and he's willing to pay Arthur to drive the stubborn rancher...

Joshua Macallan knew the space shuttle would explode. That is why he was in Florida in January of 1986. He was trying to save the crew and finally make a difference after so many failures. Like when he tried to save Kennedy in ’63. Joshua was naive and full of hope.

Royce McLeod couldn’t wait to get out of Tucson, Arzona and never come back. All she wanted was a life away from the desert and her M.C. family. But ten years later, her well planned and perfect life shatters. Calling off her upcoming wedding, losing a well-deserved promotion, and having to accept that her fiancé wasn’t actually the man she thought all were too much for this stubborn woman. With her tail tucked, Royce heads home to nurse her broken heart. While welcomed back, the only thing warm was the hot summer.