An interview with Sandy Koufax on “the management of excellence.”

Autopsy of a spy.

The new purgatory; what becomes of digital identities after death.

A family defends the life of a man who died and became a national punchline.

A profile of the Handmaid’s Tale star.

“The murder of Anna Politkovskaya was at once unbelievable and utterly expected.”

A tech support scammer makes the mistake of engaging a talkative podcast host. [Transcript]

The rise and fall of a chubby Idaho pizza delivery boy turned weed kingpin.

A profile of the painter.

The improbable rise of Dallas Wings star Liz Cambage.

The story of a serial swatter.

Piecing together the quiet, lonely life of Kathryn Norris.

On the radical tableside evangelism of Father Divine.

Inside the maze of an Amazon scam storefront empire.

The making of Blonde on Blonde in Nashville.

The fall of CBS showrunner Peter Lenkov.

A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive.

On the downfall of ubiquitous accident law firm, Cellino & Barnes.

On the retirement of Ted Williams.

A profile of the gymnast.

Within the world of law enforcement, bounty hunting is something of an aberration. An accident arising from the combination of common law, frontier justice, chattel slavery, and capitalism. No other job is more American. Bounty hunting’s legality is a mishmash of confusing requirements, regulations, and certifications that vary widely by state.

A profile of the world’s top photo retoucher, who typically can retouch over 100 images in a single issue of Vogue.

The hard luck stories of Trump fans in Florida, New Hampshire, and Iowa, including that of a man who legally changed his name to Donald Trump Jr.

The story of a pair of murdered whooping cranes and just how difficult it is to save a endangered species.

The brilliant, tragic life of Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers.