What could drive a respected lawyer, devoted father, and member of one of South Carolina’s most powerful families to murder his wife and son? In The Family Man, bestselling author James Lasdun investigates the extraordinary rise and collapse of Alex Murdaugh. Behind the image of wealth, influence, and family loyalty lay millions of dollars in […]
Shipwrecked Far From Home🚢
In 1832, the American whaleship Mentor slammed into a reef near Palau, leaving its surviving crew stranded thousands of miles from home. But the shipwreck was only the beginning. What followed was an extraordinary struggle for survival involving dangerous ocean crossings, shifting alliances, captivity, starvation, violence, and desperate attempts at rescue. Some island communities welcomed […]
