The Rise and Fall of Toronto's Classiest Con Man
James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies.
James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies.
Michael Lista The Walrus May 2017 25min Permalink
Millions of dollars worth of nuts are disappearing in California.
Peter Vigneron Outside May 2017 15min Permalink
Fred Steese served more than 20 years in prison for the murder of a Vegas circus performer even though evidence proved he didn’t do it. When the truth came to light, he was offered a confounding deal: he could go free, but only if he agreed to remain a convicted killer.
Megan Rose ProPublica May 2017 35min Permalink
A hunt for maple poachers in Western Washington.
Ben Goldfarb High Country News May 2017 20min Permalink
Ray Spencer went to jail for 20 years for molesting his kids. Then they started to question their memories.
Maurice Chammah The Marshall Project, Esquire May 2017 25min Permalink
Ira Tobolowsky, a prominent lawyer, was burned alive in his North Dallas garage. A strong suspect quickly emerged. So why can’t the cops solve the case?
Jamie Thompson D Magazine May 2017 30min Permalink
How a loving daughter and star student stole barium acetate from her high school chemistry lab, put it in her father’s refried beans, and almost got away with murder.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Jul 1996 25min Permalink
The documentary filmmakers from Longbow Productions said they wanted to tell the story of the Bundy Family and their standoff with the government. Their cameras were real, but the people behind them were undercover FBI agents.
Trevor Aaronson The Intercept May 2017 25min Permalink
Three killings, three young accused killers, and the two homicide detectives that link them.
Marc Bookman Slate May 2017 20min Permalink
The search for a woman’s true identity and the unmasking of a serial killer.
Shelley Murphy Boston Globe May 2017 15min Permalink
A federal judge resents the harshness of mandatory drug sentences.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Jun 2015 20min Permalink
Olathe, Kansas, became a global magnet for tech talent, thanks to plentiful jobs, cheap housing, and good schools. Then someone opened fire on a pair of Indian-born engineers.
Romesh Ratnesar Businessweek May 2017 15min Permalink
Odessa High School students know her as “Betty,” a ghost that haunts the auditorium at night. But few know much about the real Betty, whose 1961 murder was “the most sensational crime in West Texas in its day.”
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Feb 2006 30min Permalink
Did a school for spies get conned by a fake spook who molested students?
Ian Shapira Washington Post May 2017 10min Permalink
How a cabbie came to assist a jail break.
“The sex abuse is a symptom of a culture that does not allow the athletes to have their voice.”
Dvora Meyers Deadspin May 2017 Permalink
Growing up in Toledo, Ohio, Gina Grimm always wondered who her biological parents were. “You know, you go to the supermarket and think, ‘That lady kinda has my nose.’ Or, you know, ‘That man kinda has a resemblance to my face.’”
Liliana Segura The Intercept Apr 2017 10min Permalink
Kids are driving Florida’s Pinellas County’s car-theft epidemic. It’s a dangerous — sometimes deadly — game.
On how a childhood spent in New York City’s tenements led a 15-year-old boy to be convicted of murder.
Jacob Riis The Atlantic Sep 1899 25min Permalink
To be a second-grader contending with violence.
John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Apr 2017 20min Permalink
From the Translator’s Note:
Just over two weeks ago, on April 3, the renowned Mexican writer and investigative journalist Sergio González Rodríguez unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack at age 67. [His book] Bones in the Desert is a far-reaching investigation into the still-unsolved murders of hundreds of women and girls in the communities surrounding Mexico’s Ciudad Júarez, on the US border with El Paso, Texas. In the years since its publication in 2002, Bones in the Desert has left an indelible imprint on the modern literature of the Americas, both through its own merits and its foundational influence on Roberto Bolaño’s 2666. In crafting a fictionalized version of Ciudad Júarez, Bolaño collaborated directly with González Rodríguez, relying on him for substantial “technical help” in answering questions about the nature of the murders, and eventually including him as a character in the novel.
An excess of people and an excess of desert.
The hallmarks that would come to characterize the official narrative surrounding the serial murders were already being established.
Sergio González Rodríguez n+1 Jan 2002 Permalink
Flashbacks from the life of Aaron Hernandez from the person who knew him best, his older brother Jonathan.
Michael Rosenberg Sports Illustrated Apr 2016 35min Permalink
The rise and fall of a violent underground anti-racist group.
Wes Enzinna Mother Jones Apr 2017 20min Permalink
The long legal saga of Kerry Max Cook, who for almost 40 years fought to clear his name after being convicted of murder.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Mar 2017 50min Permalink
From 2009 to 2014, police in Florida shot 827 people. Many of these incidents were avoidable and unnecessary.
Ben Montgomery Tampa Bay Times Apr 2017 30min Permalink