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Writers

Neil Swidey

Crime History

‘You don’t understand, Captain. He has a gun’: The Hijacking of Flight 1320

An Eastern Airlines shuttle to Boston 50 years ago started out routine. It ended up changing how America flies.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Mar 2020 40min Permalink

History

Sex, Spies, and the National Anthem

How one of the world’s top conductors became ensnared in a WWI-era scandal.

Neil Swidey Boston Globe Nov 2017 40min Permalink

Politics World

Where Did ISIS Come From? The Story Starts Here.

Paul Bremer was briefly the Bush administration’s point person in Iraq. His decisions would have lasting consequences.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Mar 2016 25min Permalink

Business

The Secret World of the Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise Kings

Why America, and every other street in Massachusetts, runs (or will eventually run) on Dunkin’.

Neil Swidey Boston Globe Sep 2014 20min Permalink

Business Politics

Greetings from Gun Valley

Inside New England’s thriving arms industry.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Apr 2013 20min Permalink

Crime

The Inside Job

A bookkeeper’s $9 million swindle, her lavish second life, and the boss who didn’t notice.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Sep 2006 25min Permalink

Science

What Went Wrong?

How an up-and-coming Boston surgeon became best known for leaving a patient on the operating table while he skipped out to cash a check.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Mar 2004 1h5min Permalink

One Desperate Night

You watch your best friend jump off a bridge trying to end his life. What do you do? Vino Richemond jumped in after him.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Oct 2010 Permalink