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Crime Spree

Crime

The Grand Schemes of the Petty Grifter

Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities as a war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, and more.

Guy Lawson GQ Jun 2019 30min Permalink

The Whole True Story of the Dougherty Gang

Inside carpenter brothers Ryan and Dylan, and their stripper sister Lee-Grace Dougherty’s eight-day, fifteen-state, AK-47-wielding crime spree.

Kathy Dobie GQ Jan 2011 30min Permalink

Crime World

The Chessboard Killer

Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin was so prolific that even he doesn’t know how many he killed.

Peter Savodnik GQ May 2009 Permalink

A Manhunt Ends in Skwentna

How two brothers, born of the same mother but adopted by different families, reunited and used a stolen $50k to fund a ride that started in New Jersey and ended with bullet-ridden cabins in the wilds of Alaska.

Joshua Saul Alaska Dispatch May 2010 Permalink