In his first Major League at bat, Adam Greenberg was hit in the head with a fastball. He never made it back.

Kevin is the only surviving Von Erich brother, born into a wrestling family that lived and died by the code of the ring.

A profile of Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who became Bin Laden’s #2 and has now taken over Al-Qaeda.

Ricky Rodriguez was born in the role of the messiah. His father was David Berg, the leader of the polygamous/incestuous cult The Children of God, which published a book documenting his early life:

In 1982 a shop in Spain printed several thousand copies of a book that was then distributed to group members around the world. Bound in faux leather, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, the 762-page tome meticulously chronicled Ricky's young life and was intended as a child-rearing manual for families. Its title, The Story of Davidito, was stamped in gold. With its combination of earnest prose and unabashed child pornography, it is perhaps the most disturbing book ever published in the name of religion.

Eventually, he left the cult and found work as an electrician. But revenge called him back.

A reporter recounts her weekend as an undercover Juggalette.

On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.

Beyond the fact that he lacked a pulse, little is known about the man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948.

In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.

A blow-by-blow account of Howard Unruh’s slow, deadly walk through Camden, New Jersey – filed an hour before deadline.

The controversy over a widely-used prostate cancer screening test.

On the lifestyle of a fugitive retiree, and how it came to an end.

An excerpt from a new oral history of MTV.

The father of the first kid featured on a milk carton thinks he knows who kidnapped the him 30 years ago:

For years now, Stan has had a face to concentrate on; twice a year, in fact, on Etan’s birthday and on the anniversary of his disappearance, Stan sends one of the old lost child posters to a man who’s already in prison. He won’t be there much longer, however, unless the successor to Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau can keep him in jail. In the meantime, Stan’s packages serve notice that someone is still paying close attention. On the back of the poster, he always writes the same thing: “What did you do to my little boy?”

What it’s like to be a first responder amid the rise of synthetic marijuana.

The Runaways, their manager Kim Fowley, and the rape of the band’s bassist, long kept a secret.

To reduce recidivism, a program brings criminals face to face with their victims. The results aren’t always what you’d expect.

Meet Ben Discoe, a programmer who did it from October 2011 to November 2012.

She was an overnight YouTube success. Then she tried to make a TV show.

On the front lines of a dating culture dominated by right and left swipes.

A culture war is raging between the people diversifying science fiction and the men who’d like to roll that back.

A small organic agave farmer stands firm against the collision of Big Agriculture and tequila.

A reporter lounges at the exclusive club for months to study the beautiful people sipping rosé poolside—and whether they’re actually doing any work.

He had the mind of a scholar, but he always insisted he didn’t want to be one.

A former prostitute turned arctivist and her taxi-driver husband go undercover in Iraq’s brothels.

Why The Undefeated, a site announced more than two years ago, still hasn’t launched.