Power Play

Wesley Pruiss has made a career of catering to the nation’s basest animal instincts. His empire encompasses print, nightclubs, and soon film. So why has this entrepreneur bought-up a bankrupt county in rural Indiana?

Pruiss would have the world believe it’s to develop it into a national laboratory for solar energy systems. But that is just a cover-up for a far more sordid reality. His real plan is...