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Catherine Townsend

  • Freelance Writer and Host, Hell and Gone Podcast, Freelance
Los Angeles, New York
As seen in: Daily Mail, Daily Mail Femail, HuffPost, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Taylor & Francis Online, The Conversation, The Daily Beast, ELLE, Phys.org and
Covers:  online dating, plastic surgery, social media, dating, cybercrime, interviews, investigative, culture, pop culture, relationships, trends
Writer. PI. Host of true crime podcasts Hell and Gone @iheartmedia and Blood Money. I investigate white collar fraud, money, power...and murder.
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Goodbye Sugar Daddy; Hello 'Splenda Daddy'

Goodbye Sugar Daddy; Hello 'Splenda Daddy'

Why men who fund their younger girlfriends' lifestyles are making LESS money than ever

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Facebook Graph allows us to search nearby singles and could change internet dating forever... But...

Facebook Graph allows us to search nearby singles and could change internet dating forever... But...

Forget pre-Googling a first date: Facebook's new Graph Search takes online stalking to a whole new level. The…

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Should ambitious women marry older men? As Xerox CEO Ursula Burns credits her success to a 20-yea...

Should ambitious women marry older men? As Xerox CEO Ursula Burns credits her success to a 20-yea...

According to Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, the reverse is also true. In fact, she says the 'secret' of her success …

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Forget the seven-year itch: From Ryan Seacrest to Justin Bieber, A-list break-ups indicate that t...

Forget the seven-year itch: From Ryan Seacrest to Justin Bieber, A-list break-ups indicate that t...

First it was the seven-year itch. Then the three-year itch. Now a rash of recent celebrity break-ups seems to…

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Human meat recipes, asphyxiation fan groups and WOMEN who post self-mutilation pictures: My glimp...

Human meat recipes, asphyxiation fan groups and WOMEN who post self-mutilation pictures: My glimp...

NYPD Cannibal Cop: A female perspective When her man began acting distant, Kathleen Mangan-Valle did what c…

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Gang violence, nuclear waste and metal detectors at school: Growing up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Gang violence, nuclear waste and metal detectors at school: Growing up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

When people ask me where I grew up, I have a throwaway joke: 'Pine Bluff, Arkansas-a town so rough that our p…

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The curse of Neil Lane: From Miley Cyrus to Britney Spears, why do so many of the celebrity jewel...

The curse of Neil Lane: From Miley Cyrus to Britney Spears, why do so many of the celebrity jewel...

A diamond is forever. But for clients of celebrity jeweler Neil Lane, engagements and marriages seem to be be…

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The Power of Negative Thinking

The Power of Negative Thinking

Somewhere along the way, positive thinking became the holy grail of self-help. Catherine Townsend taps into t…

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25 Relationship Resolutions

25 Relationship Resolutions

Getty We've all been here before: We start the year with the best of intentions to lose weight, save money, o…

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Can You Really Be Addicted To Love?

Can You Really Be Addicted To Love?

I had never heard the phrase "Addicted to Love" uttered outside a Robert Palmer video or bad poetry until a f…

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IOL | News for South Africa and the world

IOL | News for South Africa and the world

Via The Independent (UK) My name is Catherine, and I'm a Charlie Sheen addict. Since the madness started, …

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Sleeping Around: Flings and Faux Pas of an American Girl in London

Sleeping Around: Flings and Faux Pas of an American Girl in London

'Sexy ... laugh-out-loud funny ... very Carrie Bradshaw: witty, bracing, packed with handy advice' -Observer …

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Sleeping Around: Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress

Sleeping Around: Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress

UK version of Sleeping Around is finally out on Kindle! 'Sexy, confident and brimming with attitude' (Cosmop…

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Catfishing 101

Catfishing 101

Catfishing 101: Love makes us stupid. It's time to get smart. The world was shocked when Deadspin repor…

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