The Keys To Enya's Kingdom
A trip to Enya’s castle in Ireland.
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He Was a First-Round Draft Pick in the NBA. 14 Years Later, He Was Found Dead. Who Killed Lorenzen Wright?
A long-dormant police investigation gives the case new life.
The Invisible City: How a Homeless Man Built a Life Underground
After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious.
Lost in the Waves
Swept out to sea by a riptide, a father and his 12-year-old autistic son struggle to stay alive. As night falls, the dad comes to a devastating realization: If they remain together, they’ll drown together.
When the Pandemic Came to Sullivan Prison
As one blockmate after another fell ill, we tried to stay safe and care for one another. It wasn’t always enough.
The Sky Thief
How did Beebo Russell—a goofy, God-fearing baggage handler—steal a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport and end up alone in a cockpit, with no plan to come down?
After the 9/11 Attacks, Boston Found a Focus for Its Anger
Terrorists boarded two planes in Boston and flew them into the World Trade Center. Massachusetts zeroed in on its top airport official, who has never quite recovered.
The Great Sperm Heist: ‘They Were Playing with People’s Lives’
Paul was in his 80s when someone called to say she was his daughter, conceived in a fertility clinic with his sperm. The only problem? He’d never donated any.
How Does the Art World Live With Itself?
I used to believe the art world was at war with itself, that money was fighting art and vice versa. But I’ve been living in my own ambivalence about things for a decade now, or more, and I’m starting to think it’s not a war but a new equilibrium state, defined by that ambivalence.
Traumatic License: An Oral History of Action Park
“My dad’s whole idea was to do an amusement park differently, not where you just got strapped in and twisted around, but one where you controlled what was going on. You can have an awesome time, but you can also hurt yourself if you don’t use good judgment.”
Sponsor: The Warby Parker Guide to Black Eyes and Secret Societies
This guide is sponsored by Warby Parker, which sells $95 glasses with prescription lenses included. Directed by Philip Andelman, their newest television commercial is a Kinks-scored ode to New York literary life.
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Inside the Insane Feud Between a Vegan Strip Club and the Steak House Strip Club Next Door
Zukle: The old guy, Bob [Polizos]—I like him, he's a nice guy. When were first getting started, he said, "I like competition." And I said, "Good, because you're gonna get it!" People go over there for $5 steak bites, then they come here for a $500 lap dance.
Polizos: I don't want them here. We are a real restaurant. They're nothing but a whorehouse!
Who Wears the Pants in This Economy?
When jobs vanish, Southern men find new ways to contribute.
The Longform Guide to Early Computing
The Last Man Up
It was a 3-mile footrace. Thousands were in attendance. So how did Michael LeMaitre disappear?
The Longform Guide to Mayhem in Mexico
Hollywood Archaeology: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Two decades later, unpacking a historic bust.
Inside the Snitch Tank
What seems like a slam-dunk case against a mass murderer exposes widespread prosecutorial misconduct in Orange County.
A Mysterious Death at the South Pole
Investigating an astrophysicist’s sudden death at an isolated resesarch base in Antarctica.
The Longform Guide to Pills
Compiled by Timothy Maddocks.
I Can Find an Indicted Warlord. So Why Isn't He in The Hague?
Tracking down a Congolese war criminal.
What Happened to the Girls in Le Roy
How a mysterious twitching epidemic overtook one Western New York town.
Snap Goes The Crocodile
Life inside a provincial Russian drug den. Originally appeared in Russky Reporter.
How a Michigan Farmer Made $4 Million Smuggling Rare Pez Containers Into the U.S.
“In essence, Pez ordered his economic assassination,” said a fellow Pez dealer.
The Friendly Atheists Next Door
Harry Shaughnessy was a suburban dad and a lifelong Catholic. Then he and his family gave up on God.
