Photographs by Kate Medley

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The Hero Who Wanted to Die

Daniel Wallace’s brother-in-law was his hero. But in the journals he left behind, Wallace discovered the darkness that claimed his idol’s life.

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Daniel Wallace interprets two pages from the revealing, long-lost journals of his brother-in-law, William Nealy.

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