Mar 2nd, 2010 · When Confidential magazine launched in 1952, it feasted on the type of juicy gossip that could launch — or ruin — a career. Journalist Henry Scott details the rise and fall of the gossip rag in his book, Shocking True Story — and explains how Hollywood reacted.
Feb 7th, 2010 · Birthright is the dramatic 18th-century story of the kidnapping of 12-year-old British aristocrat James Annesley, whose story inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale, Kidnapped. Host Liane Hansen speaks with award-winning author A. Roger Ekirch about Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped.
Sep 20th, 2009 · The Informant opened in theaters on Friday. Although the movie is sometimes played for laughs, the real story was no laughing matter. It's based on a late-1990s case against the conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland. Executives there were accused of orchestrating a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices. Host Liane Hansen speaks to investigative writer Kurt Eichenwald, whose book, The Informant: A True Story, is the subject of the new movie starring Matt Damon.
Aug 30th, 2009 · Host Liane Hansen speaks to Manson Family prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi about the significance of the Tate-LaBianca murders 40 years after they happened and about Susan Atkins, one of the convicted killers, who is up for parole this week. Bugliosi is the co-author of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders.
May 31st, 2007 · The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against Boeing, holding them responsible for flights used in the Central Intelligence Agency's extraordinary rendition program. Stephen Grey, author of Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program, talks with Madeleine Brand.
Jul 8th, 2005 · Read an excerpt from Judith Moore's unflinching memoir Fat Girl: A True Story.
Jun 2nd, 2005 · Michael Finkel discusses his new book True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, which documents his firing from The New York Times Magazine for violating journalistic ethics and his subsequent discovery that an accused murderer had assumed his identity while on the lam in Mexico. Finkel talks about his extraordinary correspondence with the killer, Christian Longo.
Jan 24th, 2005 · It's not every day that an illustrated children's book about war is published. But author Jeanette Winter has created a book about a librarian who saved 70 percent of an Iraqi town's books during the U.S. invasion. The book is called The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. Michele Norris talks with Winter about her inspiration for the book - an article she read about the librarian in a newspaper.