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Crime

Best Article Crime Sports

The Boy They Couldn't Kill

Eighteen years ago, NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth conspired to kill the woman carrying his child. The woman, Cherica Adams, died. The child, Chancellor Lee Adams, did not.

Thomas Lake Sports Illustrated Sep 2012 25min Permalink

Crime

Inside the Mind of a Voyeur

Pete Forde was a good landlord and a great friend, or so his tenants thought. Then they discovered he was filming them in their most private moments.

Katherine Laidlaw Toronto Life Oct 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

The FBI of the National Park Service

When a day hike in Rocky Mountain National Park ended in a grisly death, Investigative Services Branch veteran Beth Shott hit the trail, where she began unraveling a harrowing case.

Rachel Monroe Outside Oct 2018 25min Permalink

Crime Sex

The “Gay for Pay” Porn Star Who Hatched a Million-Dollar Blackmail Scheme

Teo Brank found a lucrative side hustle arranging escorts for sex parties. But when his business soured, he turned to extortion.

Narratively Oct 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Crime World

Unprotected

An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped.

Finlay Young ProPublica Oct 2018 55min Permalink

Crime

“He Actually Believes He Is Khalid”: The Amazing 30-Year Odyssey of a Counterfeit Saudi Prince

Investors all over the world fell for the schemes of the man who called himself Khalid bin al-Saud. But the truth turned out to be more incredible than the lie.

Mark Seal Vanity Fair Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime History

The Love Story that Upended the Texas Prison System

In 1967, a 56-year-old lawyer met a young inmate with a brilliant mind and horrifying stories about life inside. Their complicated alliance—and even more complicated romance—would shed light on a nationwide scandal, disrupt a system of abuse and virtual slavery across the state, and change incarceration in Texas forever.

Ethan Watters Texas Monthly Oct 2018 1h10min Permalink

Crime Health

Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’

A Philadelphia neighborhood is the largest open-air narcotics market for heroin on the East Coast. Addicts come from all over, and many never leave.

Jennifer Percy New York Times Magazine Oct 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

Small-Town Injustice

The shooting of a civilian exposes the underbelly of a small town police department.

Robert Sanchez 5280 Oct 2018 Permalink

Crime

The Good Doctor

Was Dr. Alexander Mishkin, Hero of Russia, responsible for the Skripal poisoning?

Bellingcat Investigation Team Bellingcat Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

What Happened to the Houston Astros' Hacker?

How prison changed the former pro scout.

Ben Reiter Sports Illustrated Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Crime

My Bodyguard, My Self

The author spent a day with three men in a high-end security detail to find out how it feels to be safe.

Jamie Lauren Keiles Topic Oct 2018 15min Permalink

Crime

A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal

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

Crime Health

Safe House

A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women.

Lizzie Presser California Sunday Oct 2018 15min Permalink

Crime

Why Did No One Save Gabriel?

He was 8 years old, and the signs of abuse were obvious. Yet time and again, caseworkers from child-protective services failed to help him.

Garrett Therolf The Atlantic Oct 2018 40min Permalink

Crime

The Bad, Good Lawyer

David Boies argued Bush v. Gore all the way to the Supreme Court. He lost the case, but in the process gained another client: Harvey Weinstein.

Andrew Rice New York Oct 2018 40min Permalink

Crime

He Won $19 Million in the Lottery—And Became a Bank Robber

How Jim Hayes blew it all.

Natalie O'Neill The Daily Beast Sep 2018 15min Permalink

Business Crime

Insider Trading’s Odd Couple: The Goldman Banker and the NFL Linebacker

Damilare Sonoiki and Mychal Kendricks made a very bad team.

Max Abelson, Felix Gillette Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2018 10min Permalink

Crime

The Cartel Next Door

How prosecutors tied a brazen murder in an upscale Dallas suburb to one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations.

Michael J. Mooney Texas Monthly Aug 2018 30min Permalink

Crime

The Disappeared

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

Best Article Crime

What Do We Owe Her Now?

Twelve years ago, Amber Wyatt reported her rape. Few believed her. Her hometown turned against her. The authorities failed her.

Elizabeth Bruenig Washington Post Sep 2018 40min Permalink

Crime

Overdose and Punishment

When Chad Baker died from a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin, prosecutors charged Tommy Kosto, his friend and fellow drug user, with killing him—a tactic from the Reagan-era war on drugs that is gaining popularity around the country.

Jack Shuler The New Republic Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime

The Talented Mr. Khater

A 23-year-old living in Chile was suddenly attacked and buried alive by her roommate. She later learned she wasn’t his first – or last – victim.

Francesca Mari Texas Monthly Jun 2015 45min Permalink

Crime

He Was a First-Round Draft Pick in the NBA. 14 Years Later, He Was Found Dead. Who Killed Lorenzen Wright?

A long-dormant police investigation gives the case new life.

Nathan Fenno LA Times Sep 2018 15min Permalink

Crime

What Happened at the Lake

A father took his 10-year-old fishing. She fell in the water and drowned. It was a tragic accident—then he was charged with murder.

Jordan Smith The Intercept Sep 2018 40min Permalink

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