The Missing Magritte
The theft of a deeply personal painting by René Magritte from a Belgian museum was a national tragedy. Now, an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.
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The theft of a deeply personal painting by René Magritte from a Belgian museum was a national tragedy. Now, an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.
Joshua Hunt Vanity Fair May 2021 20min Permalink
A junior Microsoft engineer figured out a nearly perfect Bitcoin generation scheme.
Austin Carr Bloomberg Businessweek Jun 2021 Permalink
In 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children and their driver disappeared from a small California town, capturing the world’s attention.
Kaleb Horton Vox, Epic Magazine Jul 2021 Permalink
In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back.
Wright Thompson The Atlantic Jul 2021 30min Permalink
Fifty years ago, a police shooting set in motion a decades-long chase across the American West.
Ciara O'Rourke Desert News Aug 2021 25min Permalink
Inside the criminal operation illegally buying, selling and killing tigers – and selling their meat at the local butcher.
Jon Yates, Maurice Possley Chicago Tribune Nov 2002 15min Permalink
In the summer of 1982, three Waco teenagers were savagely murdered for no apparent reason. Four men were ultimately charged with the crime. One was executed, two others were given life sentences, and a fourth was sent to death row only to be released after six years. They all may have been innocent.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Mar 2014 1h40min Permalink
Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
Walt Bogdanich New York Times Apr 2014 20min Permalink
How P. Rajagopal, the founder of one of the world’s largest vegetarian restaurant chains, got away with murder.
Rollo Romig New York Times Magazine May 2014 20min Permalink
What led to the death of a 5-year-old boy, “the Everychild in the state system.”
Patricia Wen Boston Globe May 2014 20min Permalink
Today, Robert Dowlut is the National Rifle Association’s top lawyer. Fifty years ago, he was convicted of murdering a woman with a handgun.
Dave Gilson Mother Jones Jul 2014 30min Permalink
The case of Brett Kimberlin.
David Weigel The Daily Beast Aug 2014 10min Permalink
The profile of a 34-year-old woman named Charity Johnson who tricked people all over the country into believing she was still in high school.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Sep 2014 20min Permalink
Monaco’s richest woman was shot in ambush outside a hospital. Her heirs stand to inherit over a billion dollars each.
Tom Metcalf Bloomberg Oct 2014 Permalink
Those who survived tell the story of twenty three ISIS hostages’ shared months of brutal captivity before some were ransomed and some executed.
Rukmini Callimachi New York Times Oct 2014 20min Permalink
A judge on the history and injustice of the plea bargain in America.
Jed S. Rakoff New York Review of Books Oct 2014 15min Permalink
George Spahn and his California ranch, before and after the Manson family showed up.
Gay Talese Esquire Mar 1970 20min Permalink
“‘Why does my dad have duct tape by his pillow?’”
Melissa Moore BBC Nov 2014 10min Permalink
The rise and fall of Lisette Lee, the self-proclaimed “Korean Paris Hilton,” who was busted for drug trafficking.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely Rolling Stone Aug 2012 30min Permalink
How one woman is monitoring the jihadi network from a home office in Montana.
At various points, Thomas Mitchell was a novelist, an attorney, a scientist, a Hollywood dealmaker and a CIA higher-up. He was also a con man.
Thomas Mullen Atlanta Magazine Oct 2012 30min Permalink
In Colorado and beyond, a negotiated surrender in the war on drugs.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Nov 2012 30min Permalink
On the case of young Joseph Hall, who was convicted last month of murdering his dad.
Natasha Vargas-Cooper Buzzfeed Feb 2013 25min Permalink
Ana Montes was a decorated U.S. intelligence analyst. She was also a Cuban spy.
Jim Popkin Washington Post Magazine Apr 2013 25min Permalink
On a cruise with Syvlia Browne, the controversial psychic famous for telling distraught parents where their missing children are.
Jon Ronson The Guardian Oct 2007 20min Permalink