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Publications

Buzzfeed

Crime Religion

Bringing Down America's Happiest Christian Cult

How a former member of Jesus People USA exposed its history of sexual abuse.

Jesse Hyde Buzzfeed Aug 2015 30min Permalink

Politics

A Feel-Good Katrina Story Turned Bad

Kathy Phipps was “rescued” by FEMA. Ten years later, she is so anxious she’s confined to her house.

Peter Moskowitz Buzzfeed Aug 2015 15min Permalink

Crime Politics

How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina

When all else failed, he commandeered a bus, and saved his neighbors. Now he’s in prison.

Joel D. Anderson Buzzfeed Jul 2015 20min Permalink

Business Crime

This Woman Gets Students Accused Of Rape Back Into School — For A Price

A business opportunity stemming from “a moment in time when the debate over how colleges should address sexual assault has reached a fever pitch.”

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jul 2015 15min Permalink

Science World

A Week In The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan

What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?

Sarah A. Topol Buzzfeed Jul 2015 35min Permalink

Media

"That's What Happened Between Me and Clark"

Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Tech Media

Sexts, Hugs, and Rock 'N' Roll

Hanging out with a new celebrity class: the teen kings and queens of social media.

Ellen Cushing Buzzfeed Jul 2015 30min Permalink

Crime Religion

“They Saw An Anointed One”

The life of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, killed in Charleston.

Joel Anderson Buzzfeed Jun 2015 10min Permalink

Crime Tech

Who Set Jessica Chambers on Fire? The Internet Is Trying to Find Out

A murder case in Mississippi catches the eye of amateur sleuths on Facebook, who proceed to harass everyone involved in the case.

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jun 2015 30min Permalink

When the Family Business is Ribald Wedding Poetry

One man describes his family’s tradition of delivering rhyming couplets at celebrations.

Rosecrans Baldwin Buzzfeed May 2015 15min Permalink

"We Learned Together"

A support group for trans veterans meets in New Orleans, linked to the only VA that is known to treat them with respect.

Mac McClelland Buzzfeed May 2015 30min Permalink

World

Putin's Action Hero

When Putin suggested to Obama that the White House and the Kremlin speak through an intermediary, he named who he thought was the obvious candidate: his friend Steven Seagal.

Max Seddon, Rosie Gray Buzzfeed Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Mackensie Is Pulling Out Her Hair

On a 16-year-old with a debilitating disorder: trichtillomania.

Jessica Testa Buzzfeed Apr 2015 15min Permalink

World

These Are The Families Left To Reclaim Garissa's Dead

The process of claiming a loved one’s body after a massacre at a Kenyan university.

Jina Moore Buzzfeed Apr 2015 15min Permalink

Crime

The Brothers

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s friends didn’t realize what he’d done until they saw his image on television.

Read more

Excerpted from The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy.

Masha Gessen Buzzfeed Apr 2015 10min Permalink

Tech World Media Travel

I Followed My Stolen iPhone Around the World, Became a Celebrity in China, and Found a Friend for Life

“None of this should have ever happened. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It’s truly crazy.”

Matt Stopera Buzzfeed Mar 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

Exonerated and Out of Prison — and That’s When the Trouble Starts

After DNA test cleared Clarence Harrison of a crime he didn’t commit, he was released from prison and awarded $1 million. But the redemption story he tells publicly hides a more complicated reality.

Albert Samaha Buzzfeed Mar 2015 25min Permalink

Crime Tech

The Strange Saga and Dark Secrets of Matt DeHart

The government says Matt DeHart is an online child predator. DeHart—and his parents—say he’s being framed over his knowledge of CIA secrets.

David Kushner Buzzfeed Mar 2015 40min Permalink

Tech

This Is What It’s Like To Go To Prison For Trolling

The afterlife of a thoughtless, cruel insult.

Patrick Smith Buzzfeed Mar 2015 15min Permalink

Politics

Could Running For President Destroy Ben Carson's Legacy?

Once a “folk hero,” Carson has become controversial. And his social conservative stances puzzle his former colleagues.

Joel Anderson Buzzfeed Feb 2015 15min Permalink

How I Learned To Be OK With Feeling Sad

It wasn’t easy, or cheap.

Mac McClelland Buzzfeed Feb 2015 10min Permalink

Crime

Fostering Profits

America’s biggest for-profit foster care agency has a history of abuse, neglect, and even deaths to account for.

Aram Roston, Jeremy Singer-Vine Buzzfeed Feb 2014 20min Permalink

When Children With Autism Grow Up

Adult life for the autistic is littered with misunderstandings, anger, and group homes.

Bob Plantenberg Buzzfeed Feb 2015 20min Permalink

Business

How Men's Rights Leader Paul Elam Turned Being A Deadbeat Dad Into A Moneymaking Movement

An investigation into the past of a prominent voice in the men’s rights movement.

Adam Serwer, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Feb 2015 25min Permalink

Crime History

The Gacy Files

Eight of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims remained a mystery, 35 years after his conviction. One man made it his mission to identify them.

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Our full archive of serial killer stories.

Tim Stelloh Buzzfeed Jan 2015 25min Permalink

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