The Legend of Chris Kyle
A profile of the deadliest sniper in American history, who was murdered last month by a fellow soldier.
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A profile of the deadliest sniper in American history, who was murdered last month by a fellow soldier.
Michael J. Mooney D Magazine Mar 2013 15min Permalink
Robert Berman was a passionate and polarizing English teacher at the Horace Mann School. He is also accused of sexually abusing many of his devoted students.
Marc Fisher New Yorker Apr 2013 50min Permalink
A profile of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Jenna Russell, Jenn Abelson, Patricia Wen, Michael Rezendes, David Filipov The Boston Globe Apr 2013 15min Permalink
Twenty-six years after he was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife, Michael Morton sees the real killer brought to justice in a Texas courthouse.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Jun 2013 25min Permalink
The dangerous work of harvesting your food.
Bernice Yeung, Grace Rubenstein Center for Investigative Reporting Jun 2013 25min Permalink
An investigation into the big and often troubling business of caring for aging Americans.
A.C. Thompson, Jonathan Jones ProPublica Jul–Aug 2013 55min Permalink
Why a former Anonymous spokesperson was arrested for, among other things, copying and pasting a link.
Alexander Zaitchik Rolling Stone Sep 2013 25min Permalink
The quiet life of Brigette Höss, 80, whose father ran Auschwitz.
Thomas Harding Washington Post Sep 2013 10min Permalink
The underground economy of child sex trafficking, and what happens after someone is rescued from it.
J. David McSwane Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 2013 1h5min Permalink
What did soccer have to do with two brutal murders after a pickup game?
Jeré Longman, Taylor Barnes New York Times Oct 2013 20min Permalink
The search for a disgraced ex-LAPD officer bent on killing his former colleagues and their families.
Christopher Goffard, Joel Rubin, Kurt Streeter The Los Angeles Times Dec 2013 25min Permalink
The case of a teenager who didn’t kill his classmates—but talked about it.
Camille Dodero Gawker Dec 2013 45min Permalink
An investigation into the family of the accused Boston Marathon bombers.
Sally Jacobs, David Filipov, Patricia Wen The Boston Globe Dec 2013 1h5min Permalink
Did Remington Chase and Stefan Martirosian “orchestrate” a contract killing in Moscow?
Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Jan 2014 20min Permalink
The case of Gilberto Valle, “The Cannibal Cop,” and the line between criminal thoughts and action.
Robert Kolker New York Jan 2014 20min Permalink
How a once-lauded psychiatrist became a prolific prescriber of painkillers in one of Virginia’s poorest and most isolated counties.
Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Jan 2014 20min Permalink
The congressman (and future Mayor of New York) vs. the South American assassin.
Christopher Ingalls Haugh Politico Feb 2014 15min Permalink
A Chicago housing project resident reports intruders breaking into her apartment through a medicine cabinet. Days later, she’s found dead.
Steve Bogira Chicago Reader Sep 1987 40min Permalink
On the post-prison lives of several men in West Baltimore.
Monica Potts American Prospect Mar 2014 30min Permalink
Stuck between the Taliban and the U.S. Military, Afghanistan’s farmers risk their lives both when they grow, and when they refuse to grow, fields of poppies.
Robert Draper National Geographic Feb 2011 20min Permalink
One part rapist, one part con-man; the story of the seemingly unconvictable Hy Doan.
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene Sep 2005 15min Permalink
The story of dog-scent lineup innovator Keith Pikett and the not-so-scientific science behind forensics.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly May 2010 35min Permalink
A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.
An investigation into rising crime rates in small American cities. Is a lauded antipoverty program to blame?
Hanna Rosin The Atlantic Jul 2008 35min Permalink
For 18 months, Coatesville, Penn., was besieged with an improbable number of arsons. But who started the fires – and why?
Matthew Teague Philadelphia Magazine Jan 2010 20min Permalink