Through His Webcam...
A 13 year old gets a webcam and starts doing dirty shows online, ending up running a smut business in Mexico with his deadbeat father.
A 13 year old gets a webcam and starts doing dirty shows online, ending up running a smut business in Mexico with his deadbeat father.
Kurt Eichenwald New York Times Dec 2005 Permalink
The unsolved killing of Russia’s most notorious spammer.
Brett Forrest Wired Aug 2006 10min Permalink
A profile of Francis Collins, a fervent Christian, former head of the Human Genome Project and Obama’s appointee to head N.I.H., now at the center of the stem cell research debate.
Peter J. Boyer New Yorker Sep 2010 25min Permalink
A blow by blow account of the seizure of a French cruise ship by Somali pirates.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Apr 2009 45min Permalink
The stories of the eleven men who died on the Deepwater Horizon.
Across the country, little-known schools are accepting almost everyone who applies, cashing a lot of checks, and offering so little support that only the most determined students leave with a degree.
Ben Miller, Phuong Ly Washington Monthly Aug 2010 20min Permalink
Thirty years ago, few people had ever heard of ADD. ‘Early onset depression’ might become a common diagnosis long before 2040.
Pamela Paul New York Times Magazine Aug 2010 Permalink
A profile of Kanye West written in the style of an all-access magazine piece - using only quotes and statements that Kanye West has made on Twitter and other web outlets.
Jonah Weiner Slate Aug 2010 10min Permalink
The story of a deadly collision on the D.C. Metro, told from surviving passengers’ point of view.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Jun 2009 10min Permalink
What happens to a subway operator after someone commits suicide by jumping in front of his train?
Rachel Giese Toronto Life Aug 2010 Permalink
The man for whom the term “jet-setter” was coined left a bitterly fractured estate.
Maureen Orth Vanity Fair Sep 2010 35min Permalink
A prominent sportswriter spent his life wanting to be a woman and, to great public attention, made the gender switch. But his change brought regret, and eventual suicide.
Steve Friess LA Weekly Aug 2010 25min Permalink
Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.
Jon Krakauer Outside Sep 1996 15min Permalink
The original story of Christopher McCandless’ fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness.
Jon Krakauer Outside Jan 1993 30min Permalink
A DHL tycoon’s small plane disappeared near the Phillipines amidst rumors of children fathered with teenage Asian villagers. Every scrap of his DNA went missing, but that didn’t stop a forensic mathematician.
Matt Smith San Francisco Weekly Apr 2000 15min Permalink
Christian Audigier is the man behind Von Dutch and Ed Hardy. The massive succes of his garish and expensive creations may say more about the power of celebrity than about fashion.
Devin Friedman GQ Oct 2009 20min Permalink
Alex Haley interviews the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s number two - Malcolm X - in a Harlem restaurant.
Alex Haley, Malcolm X Playboy May 1963 35min Permalink
The life and death of Johnny Romano, the youngest pro skateboarder ever.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Aug 2010 25min Permalink
The number one item confiscated by U.S. customs for four years in a row: fake shoes. As brands continue to crack down, counterfeiters continue to up their game.
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Horror-rap’s annual festival draws thousands of clown-makeup wearing Juggalos - devotees of Insane Clown Posse - for a weekend devoted to spraying Faygo soda, rioting, and discussions of the occult.
Thomas Morton Vice Oct 2007 20min Permalink
Lessons learned while temping at an Amsterdam coffee shop.
Wells Tower GQ Aug 2010 25min Permalink
A Barclays analyst leaves for a routine laser treatment and is never heard from again. Ten months later, authorities find her body under a concrete slab at the house of her doctor, who was in fact not a doctor at all.
Bryan Burrough Vanity Fair Jun 2004 30min Permalink
Why our entire understanding of copyright is due for an overhaul.
Lawrence Lessig The New Republic Jan 2010 25min Permalink
When Bob Dylan met Allen Ginsberg; a chapter from Sean Wilentz’s forthcoming Bob Dylan in America.
Sean Wilentz New Yorker Aug 2010 45min Permalink
In the British sport of “ferret legging,” underwear-less competitors tie their trousers at the ankles, stuff a pair of the carnivores down there, and hold on for as long as possible. Reg Mellor is the world’s best.
Donald Katz Outside Oct 1987 10min Permalink