Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall SullivanThroughout history, humans have struggled to explain the evils of the world and the darkest parts of ourselves. The Devil’s Best Trick is a unique and far-reaching investigation into evil and the myriad ways we attempt to understand it – particularly through the figure of the Devil....

An in-depth look into the history of a Canadian island rumored to hold buried treasure and of centuries of failed attempts to claim the riches.Updated with new material from the authorIn 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but wh...

The investigative biography of Michael Jackson's final years: "A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before" (ABC Nightline).When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, millions of fans around the world were shocked. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for years and undone by financial mismanagement, Jackson had become untouchable in many quarters.Untouchable

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star GameAmerica was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks, and shantytowns sprawled in the shadows of skyscrapers. American optimi...

The Rolling Stone reporter's "fascinating . . . globe-trotting, first-person spiritual odyssey" into the Catholic Church's investigations of reported miracles ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer).In a tiny, dilapidated trailer in northeastern Oregon, a young woman saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in an ordinary landscape painting hanging on her bedroom wall. After some skepticism from the local parish, the matter was placed "under investigation" by the Ca...

Crimes violentos, exorcismos, bruxaria e outras manifestações diabólicas.Uma História do Diabo é uma investigação empolgante sobre o Mal desde tempos remotos até à atualidade. Cruzando habilmente história divulgativa com reportagens de true crime, o autor e jornalista Randall Sullivan tão depressa recua através dos séculos para descrever as várias faces do demónio em múltiplas épocas, religiões e culturas, como viaja até à selva do México dos dias de hoje para participar num concorr...

The author of LAbyrinth exposes the cover-up surrounding Biggie Smalls' murder with exclusive material from the FBI and his estate's wrongful death suit.In his 2002 book LAbyrinth, acclaimed music journalist Randall Sullivan revealed the story of "gangsta cops" tied to Marion "Suge" Knight's rap label, Death Row Records—and allegedly to the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Now in Dead Wrong, Sullivan chronicles more than a...

“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.”—Los Angeles Times“A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again.”—People“A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.”—ABC Nightline

“Sullivan has done what every aspiring true crime writer hopes to do: He has crossed the line from titillation into cultural history.”—Los Angeles TimesThe shocking story of Joe Hunt and the downfall of the Billionaire Boys Club — from social investing group to Ponzi scheme to murderers — told in a propulsive narrative by Randall Sullivan, now updated with a new afterword and soon to be a CNN miniseriesWhen it first came to the pub...

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star Game1933. America was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks and shanty– towns sprawled in the shadows of skyscrapers. American o...

Tendo como ponto de partida os dias finais do Rei do Pop no rancho Neverland, Intocável conduz o leitor pelos quatro últimos anos de Michael Jackson, conforme ele viajava o mundo - da Califórnia para o Oriente Médio, depois Irlanda, Ásia, Costa Leste e Las Vegas -, na tentativa recuperar sua fortuna e reputação com um novo disco e uma série de cinquenta megashows, para os quais ele ensaiou até um dia antes de sua morte.Sullivan também investiga o passado de Jackson, revelando um hom...

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it’s nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, but despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous. When Randall Sullivan and a f...