In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

Steakknife.

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Encounters with real lives that are stranger than fiction on Open Book this week,

from an Iraq veteran turned bank robber and now novelist,

to the real women known to date only as Jack the Ripper's victims.

And we begin with another woman's life underserved by historical accounts.

The model, muse, photographer and war reporter Lee Miller, And we begin with another woman's life underserved by historical accounts.

The model, muse, photographer and war reporter Lee Miller, whose artistic collaborators and friends read like a who's-who of 20th century creative life.

Born in New York, Lee Miller initially found fame modeling for Vogue.

But as a new novel shows, it was in Paris,

as an apprentice and then lover of the photographer Man Ray,

that she began to find her artistic voice.

After a few weeks of experiments,

they make one print that both agree is perfect.

It's simple, just a shot of her face in profile.

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