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THE BIG DIG. It is the mega-construction project that paralyzed Boston in the late-1990s, the largest urban construction project in history. But something is going terribly wrong as more and more mysterious deaths begin to pile up during the excavation, causing a shutdown and a loss of millions of dollars. An evil has been unleashed. One that had lay dormant for 100 years, last rearing its horrific specter during the digging of Boston’s first underground subway system in 1895. It was hungry then… and it’s hungry now.

Shortly after Alan and Lauren welcome their affluent new neighbors - a legend in women’s rights law and his beautiful wife - the couple hosts a housewarming party that ends in quiet disaster. One guest, a young widow, elects to spend the night after indulging in too much wine, only to wake the next morning with no memory beyond getting ready for bed. Aware that something went terribly wrong, she goes to the police, starting a chain of events that will have devastating consequences for everyone involved. A national celebrity is soon accused of rape....

Each episode of the Business Valuation Real Talk podcast will cover an aspect of the business valuation world from mergers and acquisitions to financing, structuring a family limited partnership through estate planning, practice management and a variety of other relevant topics. The conversations with subject matter experts will provide in-depth discussions, looking at past case studies to provide some context. Mostly, the aim here is to educate the business community in business valuation but there is something here for even the most battle-hardened investment bankers, private bankers, ...

When Dr. Alan Gregory's good friend is found bloody and dying on the stage of a Colorado theater, suspicion soars that he has become the second victim of a killer whose first prey was discovered amid the scenery of the road company's production of a Broadway show. Alan is immediately asked to respond to two pleas for help: one from the police, who would like a psychological profile of the murderer, and one from Peter's widow, who is desperate to know the meaning of her dead husband's secrets.

Emma Spire is the daughter of the assassinated Surgeon General of the United States. She has been on the cover of every national magazine. Her beauty, her brains, her bravery - all are public property. Everyone wants a piece of her - and she must escape the feeding frenzy at all costs. But she cannot, and the consequences are deadly.

Dr. Gregory is starting to feel settled, hopeful that a long period of upheaval in his private life is behind him. He refocuses his energy on his clinical psychology practice, where a beguiling new patient captivates him, but the interlude of calm doesn’t last. Devastating fires are threatening Boulder. Alan’s dear friend Diane is showing signs of a long-simmering emotional collapse. And Alan’s most pressing fear - the exposure of a dangerous secret - has become a peril too real to ignore.

In Compound Fractures, Alan is forced to acknowledge that the perils that may bring him to his knees are not the dangers he recognizes, nor are they orchestrated by the nemesis he has long feared. Instead he is confronted by unexpected threats from unanticipated adversaries and by intimate betrayal from those who have been closest to him. He is compelled to reconsider what he has long believed about trust and about love while he is trying to cope with overwhelming loss and grief. To protect himself, Alan must revisit the cruel ethical dilemma that turned his life upside down as a young psychologist.

In 1945 Hitler committed suicide in his bunker… or did he? In 2008 our nation was on the brink of economic collapse… but what, or who, was behind it? These two compelling questions intersect in this thrilling look at how the events in the final days of World War II could have possibly had a direct impact on the near total collapse of the U.S. financial sector. But to what end? Part historical fiction, part political thriller, The Voice of Rage & Ruin will keep you riveted as pieces are put ruthlessly into place in order to shape a new America.

Officer Norman was only a teenager when his quiet neighborhood fell victim to a brutal serial killer's bloody games. Too young to help, but not too young to feel helpless. Now, 25 years later, as he patrols his beat, he can't help but wonder about the killer. A killer who is still out there, somewhere. Haunting memories of a case never to be solved...or is it?

In the late-1990s, Boston’s waterfront area is a barren wasteland of warehouses, parking lots and dive bars. An unscrupulous real estate developer, T. Paul Pritchard, has a vision of rejuvenating the area with a luxury 25-story apartment building. The only problem is the land he wants to build on is a residential section of South Boston, which raises the ire of notorious Southie gangster, Shay Givens. As Pritchard’s plan comes to fruition, and bodies start to fall in his war with Givens, Pritchard must deal with one of the residents, a mysterious old Romanian woman. Just before she is ...

The bloody legend of Jack the Ripper has haunted our memories for over 100 years, certainly long enough that we no longer feel threatened. But what if, through a strange set of circumstances, Jack the Ripper no longer stalked the dark and dirty alleys of 1888 London looking for his victims? What if instead the killer suddenly materialized in 2021, finding himself now empowered in a techno-world of dating apps, Facebook groups, and online chats? Potential victims at the tip of his fingers. A kid in a bloody candy store. But who will stop him?

Boston… Summer… 1989. Vincent McAllister, the manager of a Blockbuster Video store and a hardcore horror movie savant, wants to be a famous writer, but the rejection slips start to pile up. Being told in the letters his style lacks “realism,” Vincent decides maybe he needs to “practice what he preaches” and unleashes a killing spree on the city. His clues left at the scene and the methods of the killings taken from classic horror films. Stumped by the clues, two Boston detectives and a disgraced ex-Red Sox player team up to try and stop the murders and find the killer.

Join Joe, Brad, and Steve for this week's small-town news. We can't make these stories up. As unbelievable as they sound, these are true stories reported by America's small-town newspapers.