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Michelle Dean

Best Article Crime

Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered

Dee Dee Blancharde was a model parent: a tireless single mom taking care of her gravely ill child. But after Dee Dee was killed, it turned out her daughter Gypsy had never been sick at all.

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Editor’s note: Dean is a contributor to Longform.

Michelle Dean Buzzfeed Aug 2016 35min Permalink

Arts Media

How Joan Didion Became Joan Didion

“Didion was one of the boys, clearly, in the sense that men had noticed her writing and wanted to publish her. But she also couldn’t quite fit into their regime.”

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Excerpted from Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion

Michelle Dean Buzzfeed Mar 2018 20min Permalink

Crime Media

The True, Twisted Story of Amityville Horror

Some players, from the start, were up front about admitting it was a hoax. Others insisted, to their graves, that the story was true, that the Lutz family had been haunted by something. It’s just that the something may not have been paranormal at all.

Michelle Dean Topic Oct 2017 15min Permalink

Media

Snopes and the Search for Facts in a Post-Fact World

Searching for the truth about a site known for busting myths.

Michelle Dean Wired Sep 2017 20min Permalink

Monkey Day Care

The subject of a child research experiment tries to get to the bottom of what happened to her.

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Dean is a contributing editor at Longform.

Michelle Dean The Verge May 2015 15min Permalink

"We Haven’t Been Able to Rule Him Out"

Nearly 20 years ago in a remote California town, a 16-year-old named Karen Mitchell disappeared. The case went cold, but last month local law enforcement started looking at it again after the arrest of a former resident: Robert Durst.

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Dean is a contributing editor at Longform.

Michelle Dean The Guardian Apr 2015 15min Permalink

Arts

The Boy Who Didn't Come Back From Heaven: Inside A Bestseller's 'Deception'

Alex Malarkey co-wrote a bestselling book about a near-death experience. Last week he admitted he made it up. Why wasn’t anyone listening to a quadriplegic boy and a mother who simply wanted to tell the truth?

Michelle Dean The Guardian Jan 2015 15min Permalink