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Naked Came the Stranger Part 1: The Origin

Craig Renfroe & Sarah Creech Episode 5

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Did the suburban housewife Penelope Ashe write the bestselling erotic novel Naked Came the Stranger? Nope, it was a hoax. We talk about the origin of the literary hoax and the Newsday journalists behind it. Also we describe Harold Robbins book covers.

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