Bloodstain Analysis Convinced a Jury She Stabbed Her 10-Year-Old Son. Now, Even Freedom Can’t Give Her Back Her Life.
How prosecutors used bloodstain-pattern analysis to convict an innocent woman of murdering her son.
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Blood Will Tell: Part One
The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?
He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.
Paul Skalnik has a decades-long criminal record and may be one of the most prolific jailhouse informants in U.S. history. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word.
Unholy Act
Decades after the body of beauty queen Irene Garza was pulled from an irrigation canal, there is still only one suspect: John Feit, the priest who heard her final confession.
Hannah and Andrew
In October 2006, a four-year-old from Corpus Christi named Andrew Burd died mysteriously of salt poisoning. His foster mother, Hannah Overton, was charged with capital murder, vilified from all quarters, and sent to prison for life. But was this churchgoing young woman a vicious child killer? Or had the tragedy claimed its second victim?
The National Magazine Awards Finalists
Feature Writing, Reporting, Essays and Criticism, Public Interest — a full list of the articles nominated today, including work by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pamela Colloff, John Jeremiah Sullivan and more.
The Best Little Magazine Party in Texas
Headed to Austin for SXSW? Come to a live taping of the Longform Podcast with special guests Pamela Colloff, Mimi Swartz and Lawrence Wright, followed by a party with Texas Monthly, ASME and The Atavist. Saturday, March 8, 4-9 p.m. Free, RSVP.</p>
Planet Pam
A profile of Pamela Anderson.
Elon Green is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Awl, New York, and other publications. His new book is Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York.
“The murders and the murderer should not be the driver. It should simply be the catalyst for the other story. And the other story is the victims. And the other story is the political backdrop and the environment that they are walking through.”
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The Embarrassment of Riches
A pre-recession essay on becoming extremely wealthy.
The Longform Guide to Creeps and Creepiness
Mike Sager, writer-at-large for Esquire and founder of The Sager Group.
"I was instilled with this thing by my parents who loved me — they fucked me up plenty but they loved the shit out of me — where I can go with people who are different and I don't feel bad about myself. I've had 13-year-old pit-bull fighting kids shame me horribly...throw pebbles at my head, and it doesn't bother me. Because when I'm a reporter, I'm not me. I'm just there to get the job done and learn stuff. I don't take it personally. Plus, I know I'm going to get the last word."
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Jake Silverstein is editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly.
"Texas is not a frontier in the same way it was 150 years ago, but it still has a frontier mentality. And that's definitely true from a journalistic standpoint. ... You have more of a feeling that you're figuring things out for yourself. Which means that you make more mistakes, but you also have a little bit more leeway and freedom to find a certain path down here than you would if you were surrouded by other magazines and media companies."</i>
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Blond on Blond on Blond
A profile of the Hollywood star-maker behind Vanna White, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy.
Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?
Thirty years ago, few people had ever heard of ADD. ‘Early onset depression’ might become a common diagnosis long before 2040.
Best of 2012: Sex
Absolute Beginners
Eight women remember their first times having sex.
The Man Who Was Caged In A Zoo
The story of Ota Benga, captured in the Congo, displayed at the World’s Fair, and brought to the Bronx Zoo in 1906.
Nothing Breaks Like A.I. Heart
An essay about artificial intelligence, emotional intelligence, and finding an ending.
By the time I got access to the model, it was late July, 2020. In the fifth month of quarantine, having recently moved home to face my teenage journals, I wasn’t sure if I missed talking to strangers or to Omar. But I wanted to know if, with enough prodding, I could turn GPT-3 into either, or at least convince myself that I had.
Connie Walker is an investigative reporter and podcast host. Her new show is Stolen: The Search for Jermain.
“For so long, there has been this kind of history of journalists coming in and taking stories from Indigenous communities. And that kind of extractive, transactional kind of journalism really causes a lot of harm. And so much of our work is trying to undo and address that. There is a way to be a storyteller and help amplify and give people agency in their stories.”
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