[Sponsor] The Longform Guide to Fugitives
This guide is sponsored by Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice, the best-selling book by Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy.
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger & Catherine Greig’s Story
An excerpt from Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice.
The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore
A view of the Barefoot Bandit from his hometown.
Vanish
Can a writer disappear in America for a month with a $5,000 bounty on his head?
Evan Ratliff Wired Nov 2009 35min
Silence of the Lam
The story of how Benjamin Holmes, wanted by the FBI for arson, spent two decades hiding in plain sight. (Also the story of how, when Holmes finally came back to see his wife, she shot him.)
Melanie Thernstrom New York Times Magazine Dec 2000 20min
The Quaid Conspiracy
On the run in Canada with Randy Quaid and his wife Evi as the try to evade “the Hollywood Star Whackers.”
Nancy Jo Sales Vanity Fair Jan 2011 25min
A Touch of Eden
A visit to the French hideaway of Ira Einhorn, co-founder of Earth Day, who had avoided arrest on murder charges for nearly 20 years. Einhorn was extradited to the United State. in 2001 and is now serving a life sentence.
Russ Baker Esquire Dec 1999 35min
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