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Missing Persons

Crime Food

A Feast for Lost Souls

In Sinaloa, Mexico, women recover the bodies of missing loved ones—and cook to keep their memories of the dead alive.

Annelise Jolley The Atavist Magazine Dec 2021 20min Permalink

Crime

At Lake Adelle, the Dead, the Missing and Those Left Behind

On the murder at Lake Adelle.

Ryan Krull Riverfront Times Aug 2021 25min Permalink

My Father Vanished When I Was 7. The Mystery Made Me Who I Am.

My dad was a riddle to me, even more so after he disappeared. For a long time, who he was—and by extension who I was—seemed to be a puzzle I would never solve.

Nicholas Casey New York Times Magazine Jun 2021 35min Permalink

Crime

The Search for a Ranger Who Was Lost and Never Found

Park ranger Paul Fugate vanished on an Arizona trail more than forty years ago. Investigators are still looking for him.

Brendan Borrell Outside Apr 2021 Permalink

Arts

Remembering Peter Beard, The King of Old Montauk

The photographer who showed us the world always kept coming back to a little town by the sea.

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Elon Green is a Longform contributing editor.

Elon Green Inside Hook Apr 2020 15min Permalink

Crime

Little Girl Lost

Twelve years ago, Tamra Keepness disappeared from her Regina home. What happened that night?

Jana G. Pruden The Walrus Jun 2016 20min Permalink

Crime

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

She keeps watch over one of the largest databases of missing persons in the country. For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.

Jeremy Lybarger Longreads Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Crime

Leave No Trace

Hundreds of people have gone missing on remote public lands. Who’s responsible for finding them?

Jon Billman Outside Mar 2017 20min Permalink

Crime

Feet Lost and Found in the Pacific Northwest

Searching for the source of British Columbia’s grim flotsam.

Christopher Solomon Outside Sep 2009 20min Permalink

In the Land of Missing Persons

Alaska brims with stories of people who vanish and are given up for dead. Once in a while, the dead return.

Alex Tizon The Atlantic Mar 2016 25min Permalink

Travel

The Wayfarer

A wandering long-distance canoeist goes missing.

Ben McGrath New Yorker Dec 2015 40min Permalink

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Zina Lahr

The story of an intensely creative young artist.

Grayson Schaffer Outside Feb 2014 15min Permalink

The Mystery of Why Marine Noah Pippin Went AWOL

The search for a missing soldier.

Mark Sundeen Outside Apr 2012 45min Permalink