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This week's edition of the VF Archive digest brings you stories of disappearance, true love, murder, and more.
Kissinger Declassified
As Chile and Argentina finally seek justice for those who were tortured, raped, and "disappeared" under the right-wing dictatorships of the '70s, the declassification process in Washington is revealing the horrifying complicity of then US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
The Princess and the Photographer
Britain thrilled to the 1960 wedding of Queen Elizabeth's glamorous younger sister, Princess Margaret, and debonair photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones (soon to become Earl of Snowdon), the first commoner in four centuries to marry a king's daughter. But while it seemed the 29-year-old Margaret had finally recovered from her heartbreak over Captain Peter Townsend, many close to the newlyweds saw trouble ahead.
The Fatal Obsession of Dian Fossey
Rumors and questions still obscure the savage murder of world-renowned gorilla expert Dian Fossey in Rwanda last December. Her life was as strange as her death. Vanity Fair sent Alex Shoumatoff to track the clues: His story reveals the intriguing psychological profile of the lonely woman who loved gorillas more than her fellow man.
It's the Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
In the 1941 Humphrey Bogart classic, the Maltese Falcon was a prize beyond measure. A prop statuette from the film has been almost as eagerly sought—hotel and casino billionaire Steve Wynn paid $4.1 million at a 2013 auction for the iconic piece of movie memorabilia. But was it the genuine article? Probing the mystery, Bryan Burrough tracks down a flock of Falcons, with links to both Leonardo DiCaprio and a famous Hollywood unsolved murder.
The Lady Vanishes
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, whose 1963 landmark case helped take prayer out of schools, disappeared in 1995, along with her son, her granddaughter, and more than $625,000. The trail she left is as tortured as O'Hair herself.
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