It was very traumatic to see. Very very emotional time. Her survival seemed like a miracle. I didnt know if i would live. Was this some awful random crime . Or did someone want her dead . That was mystery number one. Someone was out there. Yeah. We were scared. Mystery number two, a secret 1,600 miles away. There were several Text Messages. Just slowly snowballing. It was like a punch in the gut. And mystery number three i mean, im a who would they turn out to be . Like, damn, what did this lady do . Faith, temptation, and a twist the size of texas. Lets be very clear, Justice Needs to be served. I dont think it has been. Carrollton, texas, north of dallas is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. The schools are good. Golf courses dot the landscape. And churches are more ubiquitous than starbucks. Theres not a whole lot of Violent Crime in that area. Great area to raise kids and a family. Safe neighborhood . For sure. Travel east 100 miles or so and you en
Miracle. I didnt know if i would live. Was this some awful random crime . Or did someone want her dead . That was mystery number one. Someone was out there. Yeah, we were scared. Mystery number two, a secret 1600 miles away. There were several Text Messages. Its slowly snowballing. It was like a punch in the gut. Mystery number three. Im gonna hurt you. Who did they turnout to be . What did this lady do . Fate, temptation and the twist the size of texas. Lets be very clear. Justice needs to be served. I dont think it has been. Carol strollton, texas, nort dallas, where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. Schools are good, golf courses got the landscape, and churches are more ubiquitous than starbucks. Theres not a lot of crime in that area. Its a great area to raise kids and a family. But travel east 100 miles or so, and you enter the piney woods of east texas. Jobs are not as plentiful here. Dreams are deferred. And some keep bail bonds men on speed dial. All the people that w
Good evening everybody, what an audience if you have not good evening everybody, what an audience photography and video is prohibited during tonights event. Welcome to the free library of philadelphia, i am a producer and editor here and tonight it is my pleasure to introduce Patrick Wright and keith patrick. And master of narrative nonfiction, he is the author of the New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he wri
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Nonfiction, he is the author of the New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he writes in the books prologue shows crime and corruption, secrets and lies, as a permeable membrane separating illicit wolds. Worlds. What shines through most brightly is his fascination of what makes us most human. We will be in conversation with carolyn, a National Features wri ter, and a finalist for the 2001 full surprise. Without fu