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From the archive: What lies beneath: the truth about France’s top serial killer expert

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: An intrepid expert with dozens of books to his name, Stéphane Bourgoin was a bestselling author, famous in France for having interviewed more than 70 notorious murderers. Then an anonymous collective began to investigate his past By Scott Sayare. Read by Simon Vance. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

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  From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African li…

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  Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects: how to find hope in loss

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  Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

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  A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the wor…

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  From the archive: Alan Yentob: the last impresario

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  ‘We know what is happening, we cannot walk away’: how the Guardian bore wi…

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  The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they thin…

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  From the archive: The lost Jews of Nigeria

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  ‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against mi…

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  ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to s…

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  From the archive: Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent

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  A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right

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  ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own …

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  ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended hi…