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Was It Murder?
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Was It Murder?

In a case that gripped the nation, David Lamson was charged with killing his wife in their campus home. Despite four trials and intense media coverage, the 1933 death remains a mystery.

by Bernard Butcher

Falling Apart
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Falling Apart

He was a Marshall scholar, a college president and, finally, a top Stanford administrator. But mental illness changed everything. A victim of depression remembers his breakdown.

by Joel Smith