Angels came in different flavors. Most were young and all were eager to please - dream women for a certain kind of man - dreamed up, of course, by another man. Emily Bogle/NPR

Lonely Hearts

Jesse always wanted to fall in love. So when the perfect woman started writing him letters, it seemed too good to be true. Because it was. This week, a story about a con — with a twist. When the con was exposed, its victims defended the con artists. They still wanted to believe the lie


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