Murder at Sutton Place
The Manhattan murder mystery spurred a tabloid drama that engulfed the city’s rich and powerful. But what really happened?
Vanity Fair
Massacre in the Amazon
Jane de Oliveira set out to protect the world’s largest rain forest from the corporate interests that are burning it to the ground. Then the armed men showed up.
How Kinfolk Defined the Millennial Aesthetic
And unraveled behind the scenes.
Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy
A profile of Erik Prince, then the CEO of America’s largest and most controversial mercenary force, Blackwater, who happened to be a C.I.A. agent.
The Quaid Conspiracy
Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have fled to Canada and are living in their car. They are seeking asylum from the menace of the “Hollywood Star Whackers.”
Great Hollywood IPO That Wasn’t
Ari Emanuel’s failure to launch.
Hell in the Hot Zone
How the Ebola outbreak spread.
The Ballad of Richard Jewell
How the media and law enforcement fingered the wrong man for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing.
The Big Bitcoin Heist
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.
Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down to Talk.
“This is the remarkable, true story of a rich white male celebrity who abused his power and then apologized for it.”
"You Are to Stand Down"
How NBC killed its Weinstein story.
"You Won't Believe What Happened"
The untold story of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s two visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.
Building a Mystery
An oral history of Lilith Fair.
Shattered Glass
At 25, Stephen Glass was the most sought-after young reporter in the nation’s capital, producing knockout articles for magazines ranging from The New Republic to Rolling Stone. Trouble was, he made things up—sources, quotes, whole stories—in a breathtaking web of deception that emerged as the most sustained fraud in modern journalism.
Condos of the Living Dead
A mid-boom critique of New York City’s high-priced, mostly glass condo buildings.
The Beautiful Power of Ta-Nehisi Coates
A profile of the author on the eve on his debut novel, The Water Dancer.
No One Is Safe
How Saudi Arabia makes dissidents disappear.
The Coast of Utopia
On the influencer moms of Byron Bay.
Adventures in the Ransom Trade
On the revolutionaries, highly-paid negotiators, former spies, foreign businessmen and their families, who all played roles in the massive Colombian kidnap and ransom industry during its 1990s heyday.
Ben and Dara Are in Love ... and Nothing Else Matters
On excess, wealth, and teenage love.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds
Riots in Athens, the shadowy Vatopaidi monastery, and a quarter million dollars in debt for every citizen. Welcome to Greece.
"The Big Error Was That She Was Caught"
The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star.
"State Capture": How the Gupta Brothers Hijacked South Africa Using Bribes Instead of Bullets
It started with black market rations and ended with “the wedding of the century.”
'Men Are Scum'
Inside Facebooks war on hate speech.
The Eyeful Tower
A profile of André Leon Talley.
