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This Land

Best Article Crime

Subterranean Psychonaut

The strange saga of Gordon Todd Skinner, a psychedelic aficionado and government informant who is now serving time in prison for kidnapping and torturing his wife’s teenage lover.

Michael Mason, Chris Sandel, Lee Roy Chapman This Land Jul 2013 35min Permalink

Private Manning and the Making of WikiLeaks

The definitive biographical portrait of a whistleblower.

Denver Nicks This Land Sep 2010 20min Permalink

Firelight Along the Frontier

The fire department working a desolate New Mexico mesa is made up of 15 anarchists and recluses and led by a friendly giant whose job is to be an administrator in a place that defies administration.

Michael Canyon Meyer This Land Aug 2016 25min Permalink

The Strange Love of Dr. Billy James Hargis

How a Tulsa preacher used direct mail to create the American religious right.

Lee Roy Chapman This Land Nov 2012 25min Permalink

Sex Religion

Grace in Broken Arrow

The anatomy of a sex abuse scandal at a Christian school in Oklahoma.

Kiera Feldman This Land May 2012 55min Permalink

Drive-By Truckers

The rise of the long-haul trucker/serial killer, as excerpted from Ginger Strand’s book Killer on the Road.

Ginger Strand This Land Apr 2012 20min Permalink