Killing the Legends by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Summary
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Explore the dark side of fame as O'Reilly's 12th bestselling "Killing" installment reveals how Elvis, Lennon, and Ali were exploited by those closest to them. With 18 million copies sold worldwide, this series unmasks celebrity's deadliest shadow - trust.
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When Fear Becomes Fatal: America's First Witch Hunt
Twenty thousand people gathered in Edinburgh to watch an innocent woman burn. Euphame MacCalzean's screams satisfied a crowd convinced that justice was being served, that evil was being purged from their midst. Three centuries later, in a modest Maryland home, a thirteen-year-old boy spoke languages he'd never learned while scratches appeared on his skin as if carved by invisible hands. Between these two moments lies a story most Americans have never heard-how the terror of witchcraft accusations forged the very freedoms we take for granted today. The distance between Salem's gallows and our Constitutional protections is shorter than we imagine, and the journey reveals something profound about who we are as a nation.
Building a Theocracy: The Seeds of Salem's Terror
The Machinery of Mass Hysteria: Spectral Evidence and the Death of Justice
The Faces of Terror: When Neighbors Become Executioners
From Persecution to Liberty: How Salem Shaped the Constitution
When Evil Returns: The Modern Exorcism That Shocked America
The Legacy We Carry: Fear, Freedom, and the American Experiment
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