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Publications

Washingtonian

Crime Politics

Inside the Mind of the MAGA Bomber

Cesar Sayoc turned his loyalty toward Donald Trump into a literal assault on the President’s Democratic enemies in 2018.

Luke Mullins Washingtonian Aug 2020 20min Permalink

The Most Hated Man at the Naval Academy

Bruce Fleming is known for being a chauvinistic, egoistic loudmouth–but firing him has been a lot harder than the Pentagon thought.

Benjamin Wofford Washingtonian Apr 2020 Permalink

Crime

Todd Hitt’s Shameless Con

How Washington society got scammed by one of its own.

Marisa M. Kashino Washingtonian Jan 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

A Murder on the Rappahannock River

A little over 30 years ago, a Northern Neck fisherman went to prison for the brutal slaying of a homecoming queen and mother of two. Now, a reexamination of the case by a hard-charging UVA lawyer has turned up troubling questions.

Marisa M. Kashino Washingtonian Jul 2019 50min Permalink

What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right

A Washington family’s nightmare year.

Anonymous Washingtonian May 2019 25min Permalink

Media

Why Isn’t Sy Hersh Covering President Trump?

“Yeah, okay, listen. It’s Sy Hersh. Who the f— do you think I am? Your f—ing wife? What do I look like to you? Your f—ing brother-in-law?”

Ben Wofford Washingtonian Oct 2018 Permalink

Open Hearts

They got heart transplants on the same day. Then they fell in love.

Susan Baer Washingtonian Aug 2018 20min Permalink

History

The Amazing Story of the Russian Defector Who Changed his Mind

To the KGB and back.

Jason Fagone Washingtonian Feb 2018 20min Permalink

Food

Spies, Dossiers, and the Insane Lengths Restaurants Go to Track and Influence Food Critics

Jessica Sidman Washingtonian Dec 2017 15min Permalink

Health

Jeni Stepanek’s Last Heartsong

A mom looks back on the “brief but wondrous experience” of raising her son Mattie, a little boy poet with a devastating rare disease who earned a following around the world.

Justin Heckert Washingtonian Jul 2017 25min Permalink

Media

Meet Matt Boyle, Breitbart’s (Other) Man in the White House

A profile of Steve Bannon’s 29-year-old protégé, the Washington bureau chief at Breitbart, who according to a former editor “has two modes: murder and blowjob.”

Luke Mullins Washingtonian May 2017 20min Permalink

The Billionaire and the Flood

How a tragedy transformed a small town in West Virginia.

Elaina Plott Washingtonian May 2017 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime Politics

The Strange, Spectacular Con of Bobby Charles Thompson

Donors all over America opened their wallets for his United States Navy Veterans Association. Politicians all over Washington posed for grip-and-grins with him. But not only was he not a legitimate fundraiser for military families—he wasn’t even Bobby Charles Thompson.

Daniel Fromson Washingtonian Mar 2017 25min Permalink

Business Food

The Battle of Raging Bitch

How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.

Amanda Whiting Washingtonian Jan 2017 15min Permalink

Politics

The Tumultuous Life and Lonely Death of Marion Barry’s Only Son

Chris Barry was born into Washington D.C. royalty. He died alone, essentially homeless, just a year after losing a race for his father’s former seat.

Harry Jaffe Washingtonian Jan 2017 20min Permalink

Health

I Was All Set to Become the Most Popular Guy in the Cancer Ward. Then I Met My Nemesis: Ben.

On chemo.

Luke Mullins Washingtonian Dec 2016 20min Permalink

Crime

The Gruesome November Night in One of Washington’s Wealthiest Suburbs

The story of a home invasion, a torture session, and one lawyer who nearly killed another.

Jason Fagone Washingtonian Oct 2016 25min Permalink

Crime Politics

How John Hinckley Lives Now

He drives a Toyota. He eats fro-yo. He takes care of two dozen feral cats.

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Editor’s note, 7/27/16: Hinckley has won his freedom and will live full-time with his mother.

Eddie Dean Washingtonian May 2016 20min Permalink

Crime Religion

The Devastating Story of Washington’s Peeping-Tom Rabbi

Rabbi Barry Freundel said he would help dozens of women convert to Judaism. In the process, he secretly videotaped them naked.

Harry Jaffe Washingtonian Jan 2016 25min Permalink

Politics Media

Death and the All-American Boy

A profile of Joe Biden, written not long after the car crash that killed his wife and daughter.

Kitty Kelley Washingtonian Jun 1974 20min Permalink

The Seal Experience

If you’re falsely claiming to have once been a Navy SEAL, Don Shipley will expose you. And then he’ll put the video on YouTube.

Michael Gaynor Washingtonian Aug 2015 25min Permalink

Arts

Zane, the Queen of Erotica, Has a Secret

Although she is one of the richest writers in the country, her finances are a mess.

Laura Moser Washingtonian Jun 2015 25min Permalink

Crime Politics

The Suit Who Spooked the EPA

John Beale was an exemplary employee at the Environmental Protection Agency. He also led a double life, though not the rumored one at the CIA his colleagues whispered about.

Michael Gaynor Washingtonian Mar 2014 15min Permalink

History

The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln

The man who killed John Wilkes Booth was a eunuch. By choice.

Bill Jensen Washingtonian Apr 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

The Troubled, Tormented, Surprisingly Lucky Life of Michael Graham

What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.

Alan Siegel Washingtonian Mar 2015 15min Permalink

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