The Longform Guide to Creeps and Creepiness
The Chessboard Killer
Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin was so prolific that even he doesn’t know how many he killed.
Peter Savodnik GQ May 2009 20min
Hot for Creature
Sixteen years ago, William Dranginis saw Bigfoot. He’s still trying to prove it.
Eric Wills Washington City Paper Jul 2008 20min
A Life, Interrupted
Three weeks after Hannah Emily Upp, a 23-year-old Spanish teacher, disappeared while on a run, she was found alive, floating in New York Harbor. Upp had no idea how she got there.
Rebecca Flint Marx and Vytenis Didziulis New York Times Oct 1979 10min
Skin
On the Holocaust origins of a lampshade pulled from the ruins of Katrina.
Marc Jacobson New York Sep 2011 30min
A Kiss Before Dying
Odessa High School students know her as “Betty,” a ghost that haunts the auditorium at night. But there’s more to the story.
Pamela Coloff Texas Monthly Feb 2006
'Baby, Give Me a Kiss'
On Joe Francis—creator of “Girls Gone Wild,” assaulter of reporters, creep extraordinaire.
Claire Hoffman Los Angeles Times Aug 2006 25min
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