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Alex Campbell

Crime World

From Russia With Blood

Fourteen people connected to resistance of Vladimir Putin have died on British soil. Every case has been closed, the deaths deemed of natural causes. American intelligence believes they were all assassinated by the Kremlin.

Heidi Blake, Tom Warren, Richard Holmes, Jason Leopold, Jane Bradley, Alex Campbell Buzzfeed Jun 2017 1h Permalink

Crime

The Con Artist Hired to Clean Ebola

During the financial crisis, Sal Pane ran a multimillion-dollar mortgage scam. A few years later, with the help of some high-profile media appearances and a dead man's resume, he won the government contract to clean up Ebola in New York.

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Alex Campbell, Andrew Kaczynski Buzzfeed Nov 2014 20min Permalink

Battered, Bereaved and Behind Bars

Arlena Lindley’s boyfriend Alonzo Turner beat her for months and murdered her child. So why was she sent to prison for 45 years?

Alex Campbell Buzzfeed Oct 2014 30min Permalink