How Pinellas County, Florida Shaped the Strange Life of Conman Paul Skalnik

How Pinellas County, Florida Shaped the Strange Life of Conman Paul Skalnik

An excerpt from Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast by Pamela Colloff

By Pamela Colloff | July 14, 2026

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