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Murder

Crime World

The Real-life Swedish Murder That Inspired Stieg Larsson

A Stockholm prostitute is found hacked apart in a dumpster, her head is never found. Two accomplished doctors, confirmed creeps, are arrested. Uncertainty endures.

Julie Bindel The Telegraph Nov 2010 10min Permalink

Crime

A Haunted City

Returning to the scenes of three famous deaths in Seattle.

Charles Mudede The Stranger Oct 2010 10min Permalink

Crime

Cases Crumble, Killers Go Free

An 18-month investigation proves reveals how easy it is to get away with murder in Baltimore.

Jim Haner, John B. O'Donnell, Kimberly A.C. Wilson The Baltimore Sun Sep 2002 35min Permalink

Crime Sports World

The Death of a Pitcher

The story of a young man killed in Juarez.

Eric Nusbaum Pitchers and Poets Mar 2009 Permalink

Crime

The Trials of "Dr. Sam"

A Wikipedia-style dissection of the case that inspired The Fugitive. The accused, Dr. Sam Sheppard, claimed to have struggled with an intruder before being knocked out and dumped on a beach, his wife’s left corpse in their house.

Denise Noe Crime Magazine Jun 2010 Permalink

Crime

My Favorite Teacher

Mr. Lindall was the only high school teacher who understood him. Then Mr. Lindall went to jail, and it was his turn to try to understand.

Robert Kurson Esquire Mar 2000 Permalink

Crime

The Headmistress and the Diet Doctor

The night the doctor behind the Scarsdale Diet was shot by his mistress, the impeccable headmistress of the elite all-girls boarding school Madeira.

Anthony Haden-Guest New York Mar 1980 20min Permalink

Crime World

Russia's Spam King

The unsolved killing of Russia’s most notorious spammer.

Brett Forrest Wired Aug 2006 10min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Nightmare on Elwood Avenue

A Barclays analyst leaves for a routine laser treatment and is never heard from again. Ten months later, authorities find her body under a concrete slab at the house of her doctor, who was in fact not a doctor at all.

Bryan Burrough Vanity Fair Jun 2004 30min Permalink

Crime

One Boy, Two Girls, and Homicide

A teenage love triangle turns tragic in Pinellas Park, Florida.

Lane DeGregory The St. Petersburg Times Jul 2010 15min Permalink

Arts Crime History

The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel

In January 1966–the same month In Cold Blood was first published–Truman Capote sat down with George Plimpton to discuss the new art form he liked to call “creative journalism.”

George Plimpton, Truman Capote New York Times Jan 1966 35min Permalink

Crime

Linux Visionary Accused of Murder

After his wife disappears, Hans Reiser’s defense contacts a Wired writer who they believe can help explain the world of groundbreaking code, video games, and sci-fi that defines Reiser’s existence.

Joshua Davis Wired Jun 2007 20min Permalink

Crime

Deadly Retaliation (2/2)

[Part 2 of 2] The story behind this spring’s spate of retributive murders in Southwest D.C.

Paul Duggan Washington Post Jun 2010 15min Permalink

Crime

Prelude to a Tragedy (1/2)

[Part 1 of 2] The story behind this spring’s spate of retributive murders in Southwest D.C.

Paul Duggan Washington Post Jun 2010 10min Permalink

Crime World

The Hunted

The inside story of how an ABC nature shoot in Africa end up producing  a snuff film.

Jeffrey Goldberg New Yorker Apr 2010 1h5min Permalink

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