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Washingtonian

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

Inside the Great Ice Cream Parlor War

Behind a $1,000 sundae were two very, very ill-suited business partners.

Emily Codik Washingtonian Feb 2015 20min Permalink

Science

The Town Without Wi-Fi

The residents of Green Bank, West Virginia, can’t use cell phones, wi-fi, or other modern technology due to a high-tech government telescope. Recently, this ban has made the town a magnet for so-called electrosensitives, and the locals aren’t thrilled to have them.

Michael J. Gaynor Washingtonian Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Business Politics Media

How David Gregory Lost His Job

The inside story, involving low ratings, new ownership, suspected leaks, and a mandate that Meet the Press “loosen up.”

Luke Mullins Washingtonian Dec 2014 25min Permalink

Sports

Can a Better Football Helmet Save Your Kid’s Brain?

The flawed data on safety equipment.

Patrick Hruby Washingtonian Dec 2014 20min Permalink

Reprints Science

Like Something the Lord Made

Vivien Thomas was paid a janitor’s wage, never went to college, and still became a legend in the field of heart surgery.

Katie McCabe Washingtonian Aug 1989 35min Permalink

Up, and Away

The author goes in search of his father’s days as a member of an elite club of sport parachutists.

Michael Graff Washingtonian Apr 2014 30min Permalink

Crime Politics Science

The Spectacular Unraveling of Washington’s Favorite Shrink

How a once-lauded psychiatrist became a prolific prescriber of painkillers in one of Virginia’s poorest and most isolated counties.

Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Media

This Is Danny Pearl’s Final Story

Investigating the murder of a friend and colleague.

Asra Q. Nomani Washingtonian Jan 2014 30min Permalink

Politics

Armey in Exile

Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe build the most powerful Tea Party organization in the country. Then a feud threatened to undo everything.

Luke Mullins Washingtonian Jun 2013 1h45min Permalink

World

A King with No Country

The King of Rwanda is 76 years old, 7 feet 2 inches tall, and lives on public assistance in a small apartment in Virginia.

Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Mar 2013 30min Permalink

Crime

The Informant

A participant in a deadly shooting spree decides to snitch on his friends.

Kevin Charles Redmon Washingtonian Mar 2013 30min Permalink

The Things They Leave Behind

Mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the man in charge of cataloging them.

Rachel Manteuffel Washingtonian Oct 2012 25min Permalink

Best Article

Remains of the Day

A wedding photographer catches up with his past clients.

Matt Mendelsohn Washingtonian Dec 2012 40min Permalink

Crime

Predator in the Ranks

Is a Marine responsible for a series of violent attacks against women?

Harry Jaffe Washingtonian Sep 2012 30min Permalink

Science Sports

Did Football Kill Austin Trenum?

Just days after suffering a concussion, a 17-year-old fullback hangs himself. Inside his family’s journey to learn if a brain injury is to blame.

Patrick Hruby Washingtonian Jul 2012 25min Permalink

Best Article

The Passion of John Wojnowski

What would drive a man to stand outside the Vatican embassy nearly every day for 14 years?

Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Jul 2012 40min Permalink

Arts

How Do You Explain Gene Weingarten?

A profile of the eccentric Gene Weingarten, the only person to twice win the Pulitzer for feature writing.

Tom Bartlett Washingtonian Dec 2011 20min Permalink

Free John Hinckley

Reagan’s would-be assassin, 30 years later.

Harry Jaffe Washingtonian Sep 2011 25min Permalink

When the Boss Gets Busted: Survival Stories from the Front Lines of Political Scandal

Former Bob Ney, Mark Foley and William Jefferson underlings provide a street-level view of D.C. opprobrium.

Marisa Kashino Washingtonian Jul 2011 15min Permalink

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