Tommy Morrison's Latest Big Fight
In search of the former boxing champ, who refuses to believe he has HIV.
Taken
A 55-year-old cold case ends with a conviction. But was justice really served?
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A Child Vanishes
Playing outside after dinner, best friends Kathy and Maria meet a man calling himself “Johnny.” Kathy runs home to grab mittens; upon her return, her 7-year-old friend and the stranger are nowhere to be found.
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Women Wronged
The story of Jack McCullough, once known as John Tessier, a man who once lived near Kathy and Maria and has a troubling history of abusing women.
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Bulldogs on the Case
Police zero in on McCullough after a deathbed confession.
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'That's Him'
Half a century after her friend was abducted, Kathy identifies the man who took Maria.
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The Whole Truth?
Jack McCullough is convicted of Maria’s kidnapping and murder, but questions are raised about the evidence (or lack thereof) presented at trial.
Chemical Warfare in Syria
“At first, there is only a little sound, a metallic ping, almost a click.”
'F--- Rap, Laying Back Eating Poutine'
Three days on road with former chef and current rap eccentric Action Bronson.
Sponsor: Nate Anderson's Guide to Internet Crime
This guide is sponsored by </i>The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed</b></a>, the new book from Ars Technica Deputy Editor Nate Anderson.</p>
A excerpt from </i>The Internet Police is available on Longform. Already read it? Here's a collection of Nate's all-time favorite internet crime stories.
The Man Behind The Historic Implosion Of The Ex-Gay Movement
Meet Alan Chambers, former leader of Exodus International–a “pray the gay away” ministry.
Gibbeted
On the hanging of James Murphy, murderer.
Eli Saslow is a staff writer at the Washington Post and a contributor at ESPN the Magazine.
"It's not really my place to complain about it being hard for me to write. I wrote the story ("After Newtown Shooting, Mourning Parents Enter Into the Lonely Quiet") and I got to leave it. And even when I was writing the story, I was only experiencing what they were experiencing in a super fractional way. The hard part is that it was a story where there are no breaks, there's no—it is this relentless, sort of bottomless pain and I struggled with that. … A story can only have so many crushing moments, otherwise they just all wash out. But the other truth is: it is what it is. It's an impossibly heartbreaking situation. And making the story anything other than relentlessly heartbreaking would've been doing an injustice to what they're dealing with."
Thanks to TinyLetter and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.
MediaTakeout: Fear of a Black TMZ
The story of mediatakeout.com, a gossip site with a monthly audience of 16 million and a loose relationship with the truth.
460 Days in Captivity
A 27-year old reporter is kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for over a year.
America’s Worst Community Colleges
On the dysfunctional community colleges of San Francisco.
Remote Control
On the immense power of ESPN.
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Part 1: The Mechanics of Influence
How ESPN dictates the college football schedule.
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Part 2: Anytime, Anywhere
How ESPN turned Louisville into a powerhouse.
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Part 3: Protecting the Empire
How ESPN, which earns more than four times what any other cable channel does in subscriber fees, fights in Washington to preserve its “beautiful business model.”
A Butler Well Served by This Election
A profile of long-time White House butler Eugene Allen. This article served as inspiration for the recent movie “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.”
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Questions of online crime are as complex and interconnected as the internet itself. With each episode in The Internet Police, Anderson shows the dark side of online spaces—but also how dystopian a fully “ordered” alternative would be.
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Road Trip!
Fast cars and bad decisions in a race through Southern Europe known as the “Gumball 3000.”
Heroin/e
Remembering the loss of a parent and the birth of an addiction.
Mr. Hannah Montana’s Achy Broken Heart
A melancholic Billy Ray Cyrus on the trauma of being the father of a famous 18-year-old girl, his friendship with Kurt Cobain, and his favorite mullet nicknames (Kentucky Waterfall and Missouri Compromise).
The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities
How New York City built its own CIA.
The Match Maker
On September 20, 1973, 50 million Americans watched Bobby Riggs lose to Billie Jean King in a tennis match dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes.” This spring, a man named Hal Shaw came forward with a secret he’d held for 40 years: Riggs, in debt to the mafia, had lost on purpose.
The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography
A 22,000-word profile of the Yahoo CEO.
The Suit in the Newsroom
A profile of New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson.
How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo
The story of a lead squandered.
Sleeping Together
A visit to Tokyo’s first co-sleeping cafe, where one can pay a set fee to sleep next to a woman in 20 minute increments, though spooning, being patted on the head, and a change of pajamas are extra.
Where Were You When Elvis Died?
A eulogy of sorts for the King.
My Name Is Not Robert
A case of mistaken identity and the incarceration of an innocent man.
