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The Gruesome Archive: How Paris Police Photography Changed Crime Detection
In the 1880s, a rebellious Parisian clerk invented the mug shot and modern crime scene photography. Now, forensic pathologist Philippe Charlier is reexamining the chilling images that resulted.


Naked As Nature Intended: The Cheeky British Film That Played In London Continuously For Two Years.
The unlikely story of Naked As Nature Intended, the 1961 British naturist film that drew police-managed queues, ran for two years in London cinemas, and launched the production company that went on to finance Roman Polanski.


The Pubic Wars: How Penthouse's Bob Guccione Took On Playboy and Changed Publishing
The story of the Pubic Wars, the extraordinary rivalry between Bob Guccione's Penthouse and Hugh Hefner's Playboy that reshaped American media, censorship, and culture throughout the 1970s.
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