The Longform Guide to Manhunts
Stories about looking for people who don't want to be found.
Angels & Demons
On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle and Christe were found floating in Tampa Bay. This is the story of how Glen Moore and his detectives brought the killer to justice.
Thomas French St. Petersburg Times Oct 1997 3h30min
Whitey Bulger's Life in Exile
On the lifestyle of a fugitive retiree, and how it came to an end.
Shelley Murphy, Maria Cramer The Boston Globe Oct 2013 25min
The Manhunt for Christopher Dorner
The search for a disgraced ex-LAPD officer bent on killing his former colleagues and their families.
Christopher Goffard, Kurt Streeter, Joel Rubin The Los Angeles Times Dec 2013 25min
The Devil on Paradise Road
It started as a bluebird New Year’s Day in Mount Rainier National Park. But when a gunman murdered a ranger and then fled back into the park’s frozen backcountry, every climber, skier, and camper became a suspect—and a potential victim.
Bruce Barcott Outside Sep 2012 25min
The Ballad of Johnny France
A Montana sheriff and a manhunt in the mountains.
Richard Ben Cramer Esquire Oct 1985 35min
Vanish
Can a writer disappear in America for a month with a $5,000 bounty on his head?
Evan Ratliff Wired Nov 2009 35min
102 Hours in Pursuit of Marathon Bombing Suspects
The search for Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Globe Staff The Boston Globe Apr 2013 55min
The Ride of a Lifetime
The making of Thelma & Louise.
Sheila Weller Vanity Fair Mar 2011 30min
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