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Most wonder how Dale Varnam stayed alive. Dale wonders why.
Back in the eighties, the quaint fishing village of Varnamtown, North Carolina—full of zany Southern characters—got rich, and so did town clown Dale Varnam, who perfected his own brand of crazy. Dale rose to the top of the heap in the drug smuggling biz, helping the town’s livelihood of shrimping go to pot. Although it’s not big enough to be on most maps, Varnamtown became the second busiest port of entry for illegal drugs on the Eastern Seaboard.
Dale Varnam’s misfit persona contradicts any preconceived notions of an international drug smuggler. His “good ol’ southern redneck persona” belies his past … and oh, what a past! During the 1980s, Dale Varnam was newspaper fodder. He was depicted as a “show-off,” “hot dog,” and “homicidal nut case,” until “armed career criminal” became the headline. The prankster extraordinaire now lives in a junkyard morphing into a grandiose roadside attraction of sorts called Ft. Apache, where a sign reads “A crazy place blessed by God’s Grace.” How did Dale get here from what he was?
It took two Dales—not just one. “New Dale” dusts off “Old Dale,” who danced with the devil for over twenty years. Between the Dales were ten years he considers a “vacation.” As an informant, he helped bring more than one hundred and fifty of those involved to grand juries resulting in over eighty indictments.
Many in Varnamtown succumbed to smuggling. This story does not leave them out; secrets are replaced by revelations, forgiveness, and healing. Forever changed, these God-fearing southern folks got caught up in crime, then caught, before eventually returning to their lives. The widespread corruption of law enforcement and politicians unfurls its tentacles through Dale’s tales.
From courting Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar to selling cocaine to Disney characters, from Playboy Bunnies mowing his yard to jungle labs where preserved tongues rested in jars, jaw-dropping events punctuate Dale’s story from beginning to end.
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The Battle of Whiteclay is an abridged excerpt from the award-winning nonfiction book, The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns. It recounts the murders of Ronnie Hard Heart and Wallace Black Elk near the controversial town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, which sells millions of cans of beer per year to the dry Pine Ridge Reservation, and American Indian Movement led marches on the town to demand justice for the unsolved murders. The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder won the 2009 Nebraska Nonfiction Book of the Year award, a bronze medal ...
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U.S. government refusal to provide basic necessities for Indians so the Indians can pull themselves up.
- By Dempsey on 04-02-24
By: Stew Magnuson
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Killing Time in the Catskills
- The twisted tale of the Catskill Ripper Elizabeth "Lizzie" McNally Halliday
- By: Kevin Owen
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Hot on the heels of the Lizzie Borden case from 1893-1894, newspapers around the world began closely following a new and unusual case in upstate New York. Lizzie Halliday, a seemingly harmless woman, was about to stand trial for a triple homicide in Burlingham, NY. Lizzie Halliday lived in the hamlet of Burlingham and worked as a housekeeper, eventually marrying her employer, Paul Halliday. After Paul went missing, a search of their property revealed the bodies of two unidentified women. The investigation which followed revealed that Lizzie, in her twenties, left behind a trail of failed ...
By: Kevin Owen
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Undercover Copper
- One Woman on the Track of Dangerous Criminals
- By: Danni Brooke
- Narrated by: Emma Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met’s elite unit. She was so successful at taking down criminals she was seconded to forces around the country. Whether she was infiltrating organized crime gangs or disrupting drug supply lines, Danni played the innocent Essex girl, fooling even the most suspicious villains, using her quick wits to keep her out of trouble. She loved the job, but the pressures of her work, and trying to balance the long hours with being a mother, were to take a toll.
By: Danni Brooke
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La Mia Famiglia
- Never Let Them Steal Your Name
- By: Anthony Scarpo
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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" La Mia Famiglia is more than the usual coming-of-age story. Anthony Scarpo's personal journey against struggles outside his control, is framed against the backdrop of growing up in his father's bar business, the insular world of 1960s and 70s Tampa, and the unnerving specter of the Mafia. An intriguing, and well-paced, story that belongs firmly in the Tampa history canon." Scott M. Deitche. Author Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld From modest beginnings in a Pennsylvania coal mine to the height of success in Tampa, Florida, there was one constant threat in the ...
By: Anthony Scarpo
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Confessions of a Private Eye
- My Thirty Years Investigating Cheaters, Frauds, Missing Persons and Crooks
- By: Scott Fulmer
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Discover what it's really like to be a Private Investigator from one of the top Private Eyes in the country. Confessions of a Private Eye offers an accurate behind-the-scenes look at the real-life cases of celebrated Private Investigator and Super Sleuth, Scott Fulmer. In a thrilling private eye career spanning almost three decades, he has seen it all. Join Scott as he describes in breathtaking detail his investigations and daring challenges involving kidnapped children, missing diamonds, and high-dollar insurance scams. Discover how he busted a fake chiropractic clinic, recovered thousands...
By: Scott Fulmer
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It's Not About the Badge
- Real Cops. Real Stories. Join Their Journey
- By: John DiGirolamo
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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It’s Not About the Badge profiles the lives and careers of six small town police officers with extraordinary stories. Delve into their personal lives and walk their journey of compelling real-life tales. Read about ordinary people from various backgrounds where you’ll discover the human spirit of the men and women behind the badge. Take an up close and personal look at police officers and how the work impacts their life, told in an interesting and unique creative non-fiction format
By: John DiGirolamo
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Junior Black Mafia: Aaron Jones
- By: Seth Ferranti
- Narrated by: Seth Ferranti
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Step into the ruthless world of Philadelphia's crack era and meet Aaron Jones, the fearsome leader of the notorious Junior Black Mafia (JBM). "Get Down or Lay Down" was their chilling motto, a warning to rivals that included everyone from the ruthless Jamaican Shower Posse to the ever-watchful local police and the relentless feds. This gripping book delves into the life and legend of Aaron Jones. During the 1980s, his word was law on the streets of Philly. The JBM became a symbol of power and ruthlessness, leaving an indelible mark on the city's criminal underworld.
By: Seth Ferranti
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Preacher's Girl
- The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore
- By: Jim Schutze
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Widowed Blanche Taylor Moore was about to lose her second spouse to symptoms that mysteriously mirrored those that killed her first husband—as well as her previous boyfriend. When an investigation reveals arsenic poisoning, the hideous truth about the wife and mother comes to light. Did the abuse Blanche suffered as a child at the hands of her alcoholic father turn her into a murderer she became?
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This story is bananas lol
- By Patrick on 03-09-24
By: Jim Schutze
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Soldiers and Kings
- Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
- By: Jason De León
- Narrated by: Jason De León
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year.
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Honest and enlightening
- By Amazon Customer on 04-17-24
By: Jason De León
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Fervor
- A Novel
- By: Toby Lloyd
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe—Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef’s death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways.
By: Toby Lloyd