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In the mist-covered hills of northern Italy in 1887, the Convent of Saint Agnes stood like … 55-YEAR-OLD NUN IMPREGNATED HERSELF WITH HER TEEN SLAVE’S SEED AND CALLED IT GOD’S MIRACLE — THE CHURCH BURNED THE TRUTHRead more

The basement archives of St. Dominic’s Cathedral in Baltimore hold a leatherbound journal that church officials … THE 55-YEAR-OLD NUN FORCED HER TEEN SLAVE TO FATHER A “MIRACLE” — HER TWISTED FAITH SHATTERED A CONVENTRead more

In the spring of 1847, a woman stood at the window of a Louisiana plantation house … THE PLANTATION MISTRESS RAPED HER SLAVE TO STEAL HIS SON — A 15-YEAR LIE BUILT ON VIOLENCE AND BLOODRead more

Jack Mercer stood in the pouring rain tightening the hitch on his old travel trailer when … THE ROAD TRIP THAT SAVED THEM BOTHRead more

In the waning years of the 18th century, across the sun-scorched savannas and shadowed forests of … SOLD LIKE DOGS: ONE MAN’S NIGHTMARE MARCH FROM AFRICA TO THE GRAVERead more

Chloe Mitchell crouched in the pitch-black basement of the abandoned Pendleton House as heavy footsteps echoed … THE HIDDEN ROOM THAT RUINED HER LANDLORDRead more

THE WAITRESS WHO STOOD BETWEEN A BIKER AND HIS BIKE Rebecca Lawson gripped the cold tire … THE WAITRESS WHO STOOD BETWEEN A BIKER AND HIS BIKERead more

In the fragrant gardens and grand columned mansions of the antebellum South, a darkness festered behind … THE DEVIL IN PETTICOATS: WHITE WOMEN WHO RAPED, TORTURED, AND BRED SLAVES LIKE ANIMALSRead more

Chloe Harrington sat in the lawyer’s office with her hands clenched so tightly her knuckles turned … THE BOX OF RECORDS THAT RUINED THEM ALLRead more

Welcome to this journey through one of the most disturbing cases recorded in the history of … THE WIDOW WHO MARRIED HER HUSBAND’S SLAVE: THE FORBIDDEN UNION THAT SHOCKED THE SOUTHRead more