Robert Evans

5 Ways Normal People Allow Evil Rulers To Thrive

Evil people gain power because otherwise-good people actively help them along.

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By Robert Evans

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November 15, 2018

5 Reasons Horrible Dictators Always Catch Us Off Guard

History's greatest monsters were, on a personal level, shockingly normal.

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By Robert Evans

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June 22, 2018

What It's Like When Your Town Is Attacked By A 'Killdozer'

The tale is, as usual, a bit complicated.

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By Robert Evans

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February 25, 2018

6 Things You Need To Know About Self-Defense, From An Expert

The world is full of bad guys who can only be stopped by good guys, presumably ones with guns or kickboxing training.

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By Robert Evans

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January 31, 2018

I Was Tortured By The Chicago PD: This Is What I Saw

Americans love badass cops who throw the rulebook out the window and then shoot it, even though shooting the rulebook is so clearly against the rules.

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By Robert Evans

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December 14, 2017

6 Things You Learn After Shooting A Cop (In Self-Defense)

Let's see if we can spot the problem here ...

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By Robert Evans

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November 29, 2017

Ted Bundy Abducted And Nearly Murdered Me: How I Survived

Over the course of his criminal career, a handful of women either escaped from or experienced near misses with Bundy. One of those women was our source today, Rhonda Stapley.

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By Robert Evans

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October 25, 2017

Behind Every War News Story Is A 20-Something College Kid

If you've seen any news reports from Vice, The New York Times, or National Geographic about the fighting against ISIS, you might imagine the work is largely due to the brave actions of a few hard-bitten square-jawed war correspondents.

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By Robert Evans, Brandon Johnson

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October 11, 2017

My Job Was Killing People: 3 Soldiers Tell Us Everything​

What is it like to kill a person?

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By Brandon Johnson, Robert Evans

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October 04, 2017

Black Market Hormones & More Tales From The Trans Dark Ages

It's not exactly easy to be a transgender person in 2017.

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By Brandon Johnson, Robert Evans

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September 27, 2017

I Was a Sex Slave in the Modern U.S.

Slavery is something you'd hope the U.S. had already done a pretty complete job of stomping out.

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By Robert Evans, Brandon Johnson

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September 20, 2017

There Are Still 60,000 Slaves In America (And I Was One)

Some 60,000 people are still enslaved in the United States, and we sat down to speak with one of them.

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By Robert Evans

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September 20, 2017

5 Secrets You Learn When You're A Gun Consultant For Movies

We're still using real firearms in movies, and that's pretty terrifying.

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By Robert Evans

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September 15, 2017

Murdered Sex Dolls & Porn Suitcases: What Garbagemen See

No one knows you the way your garbageman knows you.

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By Brandon Johnson, Robert Evans

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September 13, 2017

Inside The Secret Epidemic Of Cops Shooting Dogs

In the U.S., police shoot at dogs more often than they shoot at anything else.

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By Brandon Johnson, Robert Evans

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September 06, 2017

7 Weird Secrets You Learn Doing Makeup For US Politicians

Thanks to Nixon, politicians have relied on makeup artists to hide their late nights, cold sores, and reptilian skin from public view for years. We talked to three of them, and this is what we learned.

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By Robert Evans

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September 01, 2017

How The 'GOT' Fandom Impacted The Story In Major Ways

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By Robert Evans, Sam Jackson

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September 01, 2017

Rape, Pee Funnels and The Dolphin: Female Soldiers Speak Up

It's hard to be a soldier: that's part of the point of military service.

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By Brandon Johnson, Robert Evans

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August 30, 2017

I Was Drugged And Raped At Burning Man: My Story

In 2012 she was drugged and raped at Burning Man by a serial rapist. This is her story.

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By Robert Evans, Anonymous

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August 30, 2017

5 Things You Witness Growing Up In The Hitler Youth

Horst saw Adolph Hitler with his own eyes, and shook hands with the likes of Hermann Goring and Joseph Goebbels. Now he lives in the United States, where we sat down to bust some myths about life under the Nazi regime.

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By Robert Evans

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August 25, 2017