Todd Farley

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What it's like to 'fly' one of the world's few F-35 flight simulators

The Israeli Air Force is no joke — and neither is The Squadron, the new management training center in Manhattan’s Financial District, where ex-fighter pilots use F-35 flight simulators to...

Working at Goldman Sachs was sexist and perverted — but money made it worth it (for a while)

Working at Goldman is shocking, sexist and totally perverted — but the money made it worth it (for a while), reveals one woman who made it all the way to...

This double agent CIA and KGB spy was also a famous swinger

Long before Austin Powers was a randy spy, there was Karel Koecher. 

Why Jay Gould was among the most hated men in Gilded Age America

No one was surprised in the spring of 1873 when an investor rushed Gould’s table at Delmonico’s and punched the “Little Wizard” in the nose.

Hollywood producer is rebuilding family’s crumbling English estate

A TV producer tells how he left New York City to restore his crumbling family estate in the UK.

My husband and I are 'soft swingers' and our sex lives have never been better

Married NJ couple Hank and Cleo enjoy "soft-swapping," or cavorting naked with other couples in hotel rooms and at sex parties without ever “going all the way.” 

Why most murders in national parks go unsolved

A new book, "Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders," explores a small, but disturbing number of killings that have gone unsolved in our national parks.

Taylor Hahn’s ‘The Lifestyle’ is a summer book about swinging

Taylor Hahn said her book — inspired by a conversation that took place at a Manhattan cocktail party — is "swinging for the masses.”

‘My next-door neighbor was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski’

Ted Kaczynski used to live down the road from Jamie Gehring. At the same time, he was carrying out his terror campaign, she reveals in a new book.

Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC

In the late 1930s, America's fascism problem was eventually solved — with some Jewish toughs and their fists, a new book reveals.

Here's what I learned when I took on my own Internet trolls

Dylan Marron responded to internet trolls by taking action, starting a popular podcast where he engages in phone chats with the online haters who bad-mouth him.

How a serial killer family got away with murdering seven men and a baby

How a family of serial killers murdered seven men and a baby — and got away with it.

Almost everyone on this remote island is a 'Mutiny on the Bounty' descendant

A visit to the remote island where almost everyone is descended from the survivors of the real "Mutiny on the Bounty" — and tourists aren't exactly welcome.

How a Cuban refugee became one of the CIA’s fiercest operatives

A Cuban refugee reveals how he became one of the CIA’s fiercest operatives, in a new memoir.

Greta Garbo got it on with men, women, gays, straights, singles & marrieds

The new book "Garbo," by Roland Gottlieb, reveals how the legendary actress Greta Garbo had a libertine sex life — and didn't care who knew it.

How to live inside the world of Drake's favorite nightclub

First-of-its-kind concept so exclusive that Halsey couldn’t get a table during Super Bowl, featuring jiggling breasts, world-famous DJs and a cult-like following.

Sexy daredevils get down at upscale orgy in NYC’s Meatpacking District

Screw COVID!  That was the theme Saturday night at a sexy soiree in lower Manhattan thrown by Killing Kittens, the London-based organizer of upscale erotic events where guests include the...

Why New Yorkers are joining Pure, the dating app 'where anything goes'

Pure has only started marketing its app in the US as a site for “shameless dating,��� an online ad board where users can explicitly say what they’re looking for right...

How Gary Shteyngart beat the pandemic blues to write a novel in lockdown

Unlike most of us slobs, novelist Gary Shteyngart buckled down and got to work.

How Long Island became a hotbed of espionage during the Cold War

The decades-long conflict between the United States and Soviet Union was called the Cold War, but on Long Island the battle ran hot.