Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young
Detroit, 1987.
The article that became New Jack City.
Showing 25 articles matching crime.
Detroit, 1987.
The article that became New Jack City.
Barry Michael Cooper Village Voice Dec 1987 20min Permalink
What happened after two Wisconsin girls made headlines for attempting to kill their friend in the internet character’s name.
Kathleen Hale Hazlitt Jan 2018 40min Permalink
More than a year ago, Nevada death row prisoner Scott Dozier gave up his legal appeals and asked to be executed. He’s still waiting.
Maurice Chammah The Marshall Project Jan 2018 20min Permalink
An indecent proposal, a crime of passion, and legends of murder in an enclave of bohemian retirees.
Chris Walker The Atavist Jan 2018 45min Permalink
For years he used fake identities to charm women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then his victims banded together to take him down.
Rachel Monroe The Atlantic Mar 2018 20min Permalink
The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
Hannah Dreier ProPublica Apr 2018 30min Permalink
A comprehensive history of the case against the Menendez brothers, built primarily on secret audio recording made by their self-promoting therapist.
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair Oct 1990 55min Permalink
She secretly recorded her brother, Holland’s most notorious criminal, confessing to multiple murders. Will he exact revenge?
Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker Aug 2018 45min Permalink
Inside a sleazy FBI sting involving diet clinics, fitness models, money laundering, and a supposed plot to hire a hitman.
Trevor Aaronson theintercept.com Aug 2018 30min Permalink
Police on Long Island wrote off missing immigrant teens as runaways. One mother knew better—and searched MS-13’s killing fields for answers.
Hannah Dreier ProPublica Sep 2018 35min Permalink
Why did it take so long for the systems that are supposed to police problem doctors to stop him from operating?
Laura Beil ProPublica Oct 2018 35min Permalink
The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars’ worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down.
Amy Wallace GQ Oct 2018 25min Permalink
A new wife, a dead husband, and the arsenic panic that shook the Victorian world.
Christine Seifert The Atavist Magazine Mar 2019 40min Permalink
John Franzese Jr. helped send his father, notorious Colombo family mobster Sonny Franzese, to prison. Then he turned up in Indianapolis.
Zak Keefer Indianapolis Star Mar 2019 25min Permalink
The untold story of Alek Minassian, a year after the deadliest mass murder in Toronto history
Katherine Laidlaw Toronto Life Apr 2019 20min Permalink
An interview with F. Lee Bailey about his 60 years of celebrity trials.
Wil S. Hylton Huffington Post Highline Jun 2019 25min Permalink
Ignoring warning signs of misconduct, Baltimore Police praised — and promoted — a Gun Trace Task Force leader.
Justin Fenton The Baltimore Sun Jun 2019 25min Permalink
How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.
Stephanie Clifford Wired Jun 2019 25min Permalink
Joe Exotic bred lions, tigers, and ligers at his roadside zoo. He was a modern Barnum who found an equally extraordinary nemesis.
Robert Moor New York Sep 2019 50min Permalink
One year ago the journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never walked out. This is what happened.
Evan Ratliff Insider Oct 2019 45min Permalink
Inside a Danish homicide investigation.
Line Vaaben Information Aug 2019 Permalink
How a Sacramento Kings executive stole more than $13 million from the team—and almost got away with it.
Kevin Arnovitz ESPN Nov 2019 25min Permalink
How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts.
Anna Wolfe, Michelle Liu The Marshall Project, Mississippi Today Jan 2020 15min Permalink
A woman told police she was raped by three New York Mets. They were never charged.
Daniel Engber Slate Jan 2020 35min Permalink
“You’re preying on someone’s hopes, you’re preying on someone’s dreams. You’re preying on a particularly vulnerable population who all have artistic sensibilities.”
K.J. Yossman Marie Claire Feb 2020 25min Permalink