When a 27-year old man named Scott Johnson was found amongst the rocks in a place called Manly Cove, authorities believed Scott jumped from some nearby cliffs and ruled his death a suicide. But his older brother Steve refused to believe it. Scott was a brilliant and admired math genius with everything to live for. Steve soon grows suspicious of those closest to Scott and becomes determined to prove Scott might've been a victim of foul play. But how to prove a murder that police say never happened? [PART 1 of 2]

This is part one of a two-part series drawn from Steve Johnson's recent memoir "A Thousand Miles to Care" and an October 13, 2025 New Yorker feature by writer Eren Arbey "Letters from Australia."

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Sarah Ferguson, the disgraced Duchess of York, claimed to be an advocate for girls everywhere. So how did Fergie go from vivacious, redheaded royal to a calculating co-conspirator for predators like Jeffrey Epstein and her own ex-husband (and ex-prince) Andrew? As Fergie's fate unfolds in the news, dive into this exhaustive saga of Sarah, Andrew, and their ill-fated fairytale.

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Sarah's many memoirs - with another reportedly in the works.

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When an L.A. homicide detective lies to a suspect to get a confession, his deception inadvertently leads to the death of a teenage girl and an innocent man accused of her murder.

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Once upon a time there were two Amys. One was the prickly, pretentious professor everybody thought they knew. The other? A secretly seething killer nobody saw coming...until it was too late.

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"The Fury" by Amy Wallace, Wired magazine, 2011

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Nobody's Girl the posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre (ghostwritten by Amy Wallace)

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In 2003, a young father was accused of murder, deemed an incurable psychopath, and sentenced to death. More than two decades later, a fresh look at the case raises new questions about the original investigation, including the controversial "Psychopath Test" that might've doomed an innocent man to death row.

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After a series of tragic events, the sanity of a successful New York City artist is tested when a new skyscraper threatens her greatest inspiration - a once-perfect view.

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An English couple's fantasy of restoring a French chateau begins to crumble with accusations of fraud and suspicions of murder. How did this dream turn to dust?

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Everybody in town loved sweet and soft-spoken schoolteacher JoAnne Chambers. Or so it seemed...until she started receiving bizarre letters, twisted "gifts" and death threats. So who could have it out for a woman everybody loved? Find out in this Dead Sleep adaptation of one of the best (and most fatiguing) "Forensic Files" episodes of all time in Dead Sleep's recurring Forensic Files Flashback series.

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Want to know more about this case?

"Sealed with a Kiss" Season 2, Episode 10, Forensic Files:

Unsolved Murder of Bob Crane (via LAT)

JoAnne Chambers Obituary (via Scranton Times Tribune)

Paula Nawrocki Case via US Court of Appeals (2002)

Overview of Episode via Forensic Files Now