The Wrong Way
Miriam Carey died at the hands of the Secret Service. Over a year later, her family has no real answers about what happened to her.
Crime
Nightmare in Sin City
Rumor had it that a teenager had cut off a man’s penis, and the cops happened to have a murder victim that answered that description. Nothing else lined up.
The Brief, Extraordinary Life of Cody Spafford
He was a fixture in the kitchen of one of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurants, with plans to move to New York City to further his career. Then he robbed a bank.
Inexcusable Absences
Truancy is punishable by fines, probation, and in some cases throwing parents in prison. Does any of that really keep kids in school?
Where the Bodies Are Buried
Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, denies that he was ever in the IRA. The murder of Jean McConville threatened to expose him as a liar.
Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers
A correspondence school for writers turns out to be a sham. This piece forced it into bankruptcy.
My Murderer's Futon
Renting the apartment formerly inhabited by the accused killer Robert Durst.
Battling America’s Other PTSD Crisis
The everyday violence of some urban neighburhoods in America takes its own emotional toll.
Birdman
A man’s love of pigeons leads him to build a Ponzi scheme out of birds.
The Killers of Swaziland
Bringing a serial killer to justice reveals the country’s other sources of death and suffering.
Why Is This Man Still In Jail?
A false confession to bad cops put a man in prison for rape and murder. But even conclusive DNA evidence hasn’t gotten him out.
The 'Deaf' Composer Who Fooled a Nation
Mamoru Samuragochi’s story turned out to be too good to be true.
Attica’s Ghosts
Brutality persists at the famous prison.
When Your Father Is the BTK Serial Killer, Forgiveness Is Not Tidy
“The FBI man knocked on Kerri Rawson’s door 10 years ago Feb. 25.”
A Boy Among Men
A teenaged prisoner is left unprotected by America’s laws against prison rape.
Playing with Fire
The flawed science that helped convict a Tennessee man of murder.
Hoax: Secrets That Truman Capote Took to the Grave
Uncovering the real story behind Capote’s Hand-Carved Coffins.
How the Killing of a Trans Filipina Woman Ignited An International Incident
Justice isn’t so easy to come by when an American soldier stationed abroad is accused of murder.
Fostering Profits
America’s biggest for-profit foster care agency has a history of abuse, neglect, and even deaths to account for.
The White Devil Kingpin
A white gangster immerses himself in Asian culture to lead a Chinatown gang. He even learns to pour tea correctly.
The Mystery of Mingering Mike
A draft dodger invents a pop music career for himself – without recording any songs.
The Hezbollah Connection
Reconstructing the investigation into Rafik Hariri’s assassination, for which five men stand trial in absentia.
Who Killed the Gangster’s Daughter?
The life and mysterious death of writer Susan Berman.
Tech Behind Bars
What can social media do for you when you’re in the clink?
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Inside The Prison System's Illicit Digital World
Inmates technically aren’t permitted to have cell phones. But social media services are chock full of posts made from inside.
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After Years Behind Bars, Can Prisoners Re-Enter A Digital World?
Prisoners emerge not being familiar with smartphones, Spotify, and all sorts of ways that technology now governs how we live and work.
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Can Technology and Prisons Get Along?
A pilot program will allow prisoners to access an intranet on tablets they rent with their commissary accounts. Will it help?
"I Wouldn’t Mind If He Was Executed"
The transcript of chats between Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht and a man he believes to be a Hell’s Angel who agrees to supply “hitters” to carry out 5 assassinations.
