Long before the topic raged on Twitter on was meme-ifyed in a million different ways on every remaining social media channel, I used to privately rage about the fact that… CONTINUE
Smuggling: Drugs, Humans, And…Finches?
Smuggling marketplaces are fascinating to me. Not the humans and drugs that everyone already knows about and thinks of when you hear the word “smuggling,” but the rare stuff that… CONTINUE
I Misplaced My $300 Million
We here at StraightForward Interactive are — as far as we know, anyway — the only digital marketing agency in the world that accepts more than 50 different cryptocurrencies as… CONTINUE
The Epic Hunt for One of the World’s Most Wanted Men
COVID has obviously dominated the world’s headlines for the past year almost, obscuring other very big news. For instance, the capture of Felicien Kabuga, the Rwandan war criminal who bought… CONTINUE
The Russians Are Microwaving Our Brains
I love a good cloak and dagger spy story, especially when it’s true. This one manages to be both terrifying and hilarious (but mostly terrifying) in one go. In short,… CONTINUE
The Poorest Rich Kids In The World
This story isn’t new, it’s several years old actually, but that’s ok with us, it’s still interesting. We didn’t even know of the Duke family before reading this article. You… CONTINUE
The Last Civil War Widow Just Died
Yes, you read that right — Civil War, the one that ended in 1865. Helen Jackson was only 17 years old when she married a 93-year-old former Union soldier near… CONTINUE
The Serial Killer Algorithm
This story isn’t new, but it’s new to me, and I found it fascinating because it crosses over with two of my personal interests — true crime and algorithm-based problem… CONTINUE
The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist
I don’t know why so many of us are so enchanted by tales of high-dollar bank-robbery capers, but we definitely are. I need only check my Netflix queue to confirm… CONTINUE
The Facebook Doomsday Machine
At this point, it seems like easy pickin’s to knock social media, but especially Facebook, as the catalyst at the epicenter of what seems like a downward spiral into widespread… CONTINUE
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