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The Bleeding Hearts

By Matthew Wolfe · The Atavist Magazine · September 2026

The Bleeding Hearts

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"He pulled off the largest armed robbery in Austria’s history, with his friend’s mistress as his accomplice, to build an orphanage in Africa."

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