A Conversation With a False Rock God
Jered Threatin tried to fake his way to fame and got caught red-handed. Or did he?
Crime
His Only Living Boy
Roger Stringer testified against his son Zac in the fatal shooting that killed his younger child. Now he believes Remington’s defective rifle is to blame.
After Newtown Shooting, Mourning Parents Enter Into the Lonely Quiet
What happened next for the Barden family.
In the Ashes of Ghost Ship
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for 36 deaths there.
The Unbelievable Tale of a Fake Hitman, a Kill List, a Darknet Vigilante... and a Murder
Hitman-for-hire darknet sites are all scams. But some people turn up dead nonetheless.
Demon Underneath
The rise and fall of fraudster John DeLorean.
Covering the Cops
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
Two Identities, One Man
The story of $800 million hedge fund fraudster Boaz Manor who led the alleged $31 million Blockchain Terminal ICO after disguising his identity with a beard.
Ghosts of Highway 20
Women vanished along a stretch of Oregon highway. One man might be responsible for it all.
It Happened One Night . . . at MGM
When Patricia Douglas was raped by an MGM salesman at a 1937 studio party, the 20-year-old dancer filed charges, taking on Hollywood’s most powerful institution.
Blood Cries Out
On a Missouri farm, two families worked the land side by side, until a murder shattered their American dream.
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
The family separation crisis that no one knows about.
An Affair. The Mob. A Murder.
“The caller reminded me I had written about her killing three decades earlier.”
How Henrietta Schmerler Was Lost, Then Found
Almost 90 years ago, a young anthropologist was murdered in the field. The case still speaks volumes about sexual assault and how we explain it away.
Investigating Hate
Inside New York City’s task force on bias.
Perversion of Justice
A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break.
“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”
In 2016, a West Virginia police officer came upon a young man in distress who asked the officer to shoot him. The officer didn’t. A few minutes, another officer did. Only one of them lost their job.
Karl Taylor's Death Was an Avoidable Tragedy
American prisons can’t handle mentally ill inmates.
The Unsatisfying Truth About Hateful Online Rhetoric and Violence
Two angry men submerged themselves in the far-right internet. One committed murder. The other walked away. Why?
The Would-Be Terrorist vs. the FBI
The story of a marginalized, mentally ill young man who drew the FBI’s attention with his social-media posts and then staggered into its elaborately constructed snare.
The Fire and Everything After
After flames engulfed an Atlanta highway last year, police arrested Basil Eleby for arson. The fire could have destroyed his life. Instead, it may have saved it.
Chardon, Ohio
Life in a small town, six years after a school shooting.
How a Grieving Father Is Uncovering Mexico’s Mass Graves
Victims of Mexico’s drug violence often end up in unmarked graves. This man set out to find them.
The Watcher
The haunting of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey.
Everyone Believed Larry Nassar
The predatory trainer may have just taken down USA Gymnastics. How did he deceive so many for so long?
