I want to share with you a story.

It is a true story, every bit of it, but one you will likely not believe.

At times, I cannot believe it myself.

I invite you to join me on a quest I have been on for many years. I will share with you a journey, one that has taken me to the depths of oceans, the hills of Hollywood, arid Texas oilfields and steamy Havana nightclubs. Oh, and lest we not forget, the great city of New Orleans.

This is a story of guns, movie stars, millionaires, revolutionaries and the Mafia. This is a story known only by a few, told to no one and assumed to have been erased from history itself. But the clues were hidden in plain sight, and…

I shouldn’t get ahead of myself. If you will, let me indulge you with a bit of backstory. It won’t take long, I promise.