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December 19, 2023

‘The Iron Claw’ Manages to Land With a Twisted, but Heartfelt, Authenticity. The Key Was Not Sugar-Coating the Fritz Von Erich Character.

by Irvin Muchnick Last month I commented sourly on the imminent release of the A24 film The Iron Claw, directed by Sean Durkin. The movie […]

December 22, 2023

Jim Martin Retires – Long-Time Pennsylvania District Attorney Who Presided Over the Cover-Up of Wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka’s Murder of Nancy Argentino

by Irvin Muchnick Jim Martin has announced his retirement after 25 years as district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In two capacities in the DA’s […]

December 23, 2023

More on the Fabulism of Diana Nyad, Sexual Abuse Survivor and Open Water Swimming Legend

My book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published next year by ECW Press. It includes a […]

December 26, 2023

The Definitive and Authorized Version of the Classic 1988 Penthouse Magazine Article on the Von Erich Wrestling Family

With the release of the movie The Iron Claw (which I discussed here and here, and on the Pollock & Thurston podcast last week here, beginning […]

December 28, 2023

2024 Could Be the Year of the Elusive Renewed George Gibney Prosecution. But Here’s What Also Could Derail It.

UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published in 2024 by ECW Press. It will include two […]

January 15, 2024

Guest Column by Debbie Denithorne-Grodensky, Survivor of Abuser Swimming Coach Andy King: Some Things to Add to the Legacy of the Recently Deceased Richard Thornton

by Debra Denithorne-Grodensky Richard Thornton, a member of the 1980 Olympic swimming team (the year the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Summer Games) and a long-time […]

January 27, 2024

“Lurid new allegations surface in WWE boss and Trump crony Vince McMahon’s sex abuse case” — today at Salon

Late Friday, McMahon, WWE, and TKO Holdings announced his resignation. https://www.salon.com/2024/01/27/lurid-new-allegations-surface-in-wwe-boss-vince-mcmahons-abuse-case/

February 10, 2024

“Vince McMahon’s ‘Rosebud’ moment: Was a family secret behind his career of abuse?” … today at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/10/vince-mcmahons-rosebud-moment-was-a-family-secret-behind-his-career-of-abuse/

February 15, 2024

“Vince McMahon’s ‘Rosebud’ moment: Was a family secret behind his career of abuse?” … full text from Salon

The article below was first published on February 10 at https://www.salon.com/2024/02/10/vince-mcmahons-rosebud-moment-was-a-family-secret-behind-his-career-of-abuse/. by Irvin Muchnick For many years the quintessentially Trumpian phenomenon of pro wrestling […]