One woman’s ghastly dollhouse dioramas turned crime scene investigation into a science.

How the island paradise of Seychelles became a magnet for money launderers and tax dodgers.

How the Newtown Bee covered Sandy Hook.

The catfishing of Chris Andersen.

For many, the answer from the state is “yes.” An investigation into what legally determines a person’s ability to parent.

The author of I Know What You Did Last Summer investigates her own daughter’s unsolved murder.

“On a small scale, Titanic Thompson is an American legend. I say on a small scale, because an overpowering majority of the public has never heard of him. That is the way Titanic likes it. He is a professional gambler. He has sometimes been called the gambler’s gambler.”

On Erzsébet Báthory, the first—and still most prolific—female serial killer.

An eyewitness account of Robert Kennedy’s assassination.

Inmates work for hours each day and yet have no labor rights.

The story of a high school basketball star’s sexual abuse conviction and its aftermath, told from all sides.

What led to the death of a 5-year-old boy, “the Everychild in the state system.”

Deep in the jungle, the tourists were targetted, but only the porters were hacked by the machetes. Was it a robbery? Or a deeper pattern of violence amongst ancient tribes?

Scott Catt was a single dad trying to make ends meet, so he started robbing banks. Then he needed accomplices, so he asked his kids.

A pastor-turned-banker fakes his own death after allegedly embezzling millions and defrauding investors.

The fall of PCCare247, an Indian company in the business of selling fixes to problems that didn’t exist.

The disturbing double life of a popular English teacher.

Why six people admitted roles in two murders they most likely didn’t commit.

The writings of Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik are a copy-and-paste hodgepodge of “jeremiads against the scourge of cultural theory, lists of atrocities perpetuated by Muslims, and pages of derision of ‘female sluts,’ but also Wikipedia articles about sugar beet farming and investment tips.”

The Muay Thai fighters of Klong Prem.

"Caught between the dealers and the cops in Hazleton, Pa., is a woman with a bad habit."

Previously: Susan Dominus on the Longform Podcast.

On the murder of a popular bar owner in a ghost town near the Mexican border.

How P. Rajagopal, the founder of one of the world’s largest vegetarian restaurant chains, got away with murder.

Revisiting a high school hoax.