Gridiron Gangster
How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.
How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.
David Amsden Rolling Stone Nov 2016 30min Permalink
Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.
Margaret Talbot New Yorker Nov 2016 35min Permalink
Isaiah Wall wants to get his life on track. But first, he’s gotta buy drugs for the police.
Mitch Ryals The Inlander Nov 2016 20min Permalink
With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.
L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Nov 2016 25min Permalink
The doctor who worked on both Kennedy and Oswald tells his story.
Michael J. Mooney D Magazine Nov 2008 15min Permalink
An annual re-enactment drags America’s history of racist violence into the light.
Peter C Baker The Guardian Nov 2016 25min Permalink
He stole over $1 million in chips – then checked himself into casino’s hotel to live like a king.
Keith Romer Rolling Stone Nov 2016 20min Permalink
Maurice Lerner missed his shot at the majors and landed in the Rhode Island mafia.
Dan Barry New York Times Oct 2016 20min Permalink
In El Salvador, pregnant women have more to fear than Zika.
Rachel Nolan Harper's Oct 2016 35min Permalink
A young journalist spent her days covering sexual assault and domestic violence. Then she became the story.
Lisa Gregoire Eighteen Bridges Dec 2015 20min Permalink
An unlikely duo from Boston treks to Bolivia, hoping to solve a 30-year-old aviation mystery.
Peter Frick-Wright Outside Oct 2016 30min Permalink
We like to believe that the blame for wrongful convictions falls on individuals: the racist prosecutor, the crooked cop. It doesn’t always work that way.
Stephanie Clifford New Yorker Oct 2016 25min Permalink
Anatomy of a murder trial.
Janet Malcolm New Yorker May 2010 1h45min Permalink
Rolf Kaestel stole $264 in 1981. He’s still in jail.
Colby Frazier Salt Lake City Weekly Oct 2016 20min Permalink
On police brutality in New York and the race riots of 1964.
James Baldwin The Nation Jul 1966 20min Permalink
Meeting Christopher Thomas Knight, a.k.a. the North Pond Hermit, who lived alone in the Maine woods for nearly 30 years.
Michael Finkel GQ Aug 2014 30min Permalink
“He kissed me directly on the lips. I thought, ‘Oh my God, gross.’”
Michael Barbaro, Megan Twohey New York Times May 2016 20min Permalink
Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.
Jamie Kalven The Intercept Oct 2016 1h20min Permalink
When the battered body of a Cambridge Ph.D. student was found outside Cairo, Egyptian police claimed he had been hit by a car. Then they said he was the victim of a robbery. Then they blamed a conspiracy against Egypt. But in a digital age, it’s harder than ever to get away with murder.
Alexander Stille The Guardian Oct 2016 20min Permalink
A former Saint and Super Bowl champion, Will Smith, was shot and killed by another player named Cardell Hayes. Their fatal collision highlights the fine line between triumph and tragedy in football and life in New Orleans.
Sean Flynn GQ Oct 2016 20min Permalink
The story of a home invasion, a torture session, and one lawyer who nearly killed another.
Jason Fagone Washingtonian Oct 2016 25min Permalink
A sociologist embeds with a gang in Chicago.
Forrest Stuart, Elly Fishman Chicago Magazine Sep 2016 20min Permalink
Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.
Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Sep 2016 30min Permalink
Alben Sagan got his name from the U.S. Marshals. Then he got a fortune from a woman he’d only known for a few years.
James Fanelli DNAinfo Sep 2016 15min Permalink
The perilous existence of confidential informants.
Sarah Stillman New Yorker Aug 2012 30min Permalink