Animal Instinct
How a group of vigilante cat-lovers seeking the hooded figure who suffocated a kitten in an internet video found a sadistic killer.
How a group of vigilante cat-lovers seeking the hooded figure who suffocated a kitten in an internet video found a sadistic killer.
Bill Jensen Rolling Stone Mar 2014 30min Permalink
The author on how he was conned by Christian Gerhartsreiter, aka "Clark Rockefeller."
Excerpted from Blood Will Out.
Walter Kirn Men's Journal Mar 2014 20min Permalink
In Harpersville, Alabama, a traffic violation can lead to months in jail and a never-ending stint in a work-release program – what some refer to as a modern-day debtors’ prison.
On the discovery of a billion dollars worth of artwork looted by Nazis in the cramped apartment of a Munich recluse.
Alex Shoumatoff Vanity Fair Apr 2014 25min Permalink
The story of “the biggest retail hack in U.S. history.”
Michael Riley, Ben Elgin, Dune Lawrence, Carol Matlack Businessweek Mar 2014 15min Permalink
A Chicago housing project resident reports intruders breaking into her apartment through a medicine cabinet. Days later, she’s found dead.
Steve Bogira Chicago Reader Sep 1987 40min Permalink
The Sandy Hook killer’s father tells his story.
Andrew Solomon New Yorker Mar 2014 30min Permalink
On the rise of Indian Posse, the largest of Canada’s native gangs, and the fall of its leader.
Joe Friesen The Globe and Mail Jun 2011 45min Permalink
Two reports, twelve years apart, on the killing of a high school cheerleader in a small Oklahoma town and its aftermath.
How the body of 16-year-old Heather Rich ended up in Belknap Creek and how the cops found the boys who put it there.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Jul 2002 – Mar 2014 1h5min Permalink
An investigation into the practice of putting teenagers in solitary confinement.
Trey Bundy Center for Investigative Reporting Mar 2014 20min Permalink
Jane Neubauer was just out of basic training when a secretive military unit recruited her for an undercover mission. She and the Air Force disagree about what happened next.
Jacob Siegel The Daily Beast Mar 2014 25min Permalink
What really happened in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
Rachel Monroe Oxford American Mar 2014 30min Permalink
A profile of former club kid Michael Alig, who is approaching release after serving 17 years in jail for murder.
Caitlin Dickson The Daily Beast Feb 2014 15min Permalink
The undoing of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who resigned in January amidst multiple swirling scandals.
Celeste Fremon Los Angeles Mar 2014 15min Permalink
When its informant’s cover was blown, German intelligence destroyed his files. Did his handlers fail to pick up a violent cell that would eventually murder nine immigrants and a cop in order to preserve their asset?
Hubert Gude Der Spiegel Feb 2014 10min Permalink
An undercover cop targets an autistic teen as a drug dealer.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely Rolling Stone Feb 2014 25min Permalink
A triple homicide, the alleged involvement of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, and those caught up in the FBI’s ongoing investigation.
Susan Zalkind Boston Magazine Feb 2014 30min Permalink
How four prisoners in solitary confinement launched the largest hunger strike in American history.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Feb 2014 30min Permalink
What happened before a woman killed two cyclists.
Sarah Schweitzer Boston Globe Feb 2014 15min Permalink
The congressman (and future Mayor of New York) vs. the South American assassin.
Christopher Ingalls Haugh Politico Feb 2014 15min Permalink
Inside the lucrative — and illegal — business of elephant tusk trafficking.
Damon Tabor Men's Journal Feb 2014 35min Permalink
The death of a runner and the “ongoing culture war between fitness enthusiasts and automobiles.”
Luke Cyphers SB Nation Feb 2014 25min Permalink
Inside the criminal operation illegally buying, selling and killing tigers – and selling their meat at the local butcher.
Jon Yates, Maurice Possley Chicago Tribune Nov 2002 15min Permalink
On the culture of abuse and coverup at Patrick Henry College.
Kiera Feldman New Republic Feb 2014 Permalink
The murder of a rapper amid the rise of Greece’s fascist party.
Dorian Lynskey Buzzfeed Jan 2014 30min Permalink