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Crime

Crime

First Lost, Then Murdered

The story of Melissa Barthelemy, a prostitute killed in a string of murders on Long Island in December 2010.

Robert Kolker Slate Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

“Why Did You Shoot Me? I Was Reading a Book”

On the militarization of America’s police forces.

Radley Balko Salon Jul 2013 Permalink

Crime World

40 Minutes in Benghazi

The story of the attack that killed U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, told from the persepctive of the security agents there to protect him.

Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz Vanity Fair Aug 2013 30min Permalink

Crime

Manhattan Fold ’Em

How a high-stakes poker game that started at Tobey Maguire’s house became part of a $100 million gambling and money-laundering operation orchestrated by the Russian mob.

Robert Kolker New York Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Business Crime Sex

Female Workers Face Rape, Harassment in U.S. Agriculture Industry

The dangerous work of harvesting your food.

Bernice Yeung, Grace Rubenstein Center for Investigative Reporting Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Business Crime Sports

Where Did the Hockey Millions Go?

How a financial advisor for NHL players may have orchestrated a massive fraud.

Katie Benner Fortune Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

Yrs. Truly, A Lincoln

On the grifter who made a living forging the signatures of American heroes.

John Kobler The New Yorker Feb 1956 50min Permalink

Arts Business Crime Music

Captive Audience

Listening to music in prison.

David Peisner Spin May 2013 10min Permalink

Crime Science

The Upside of Trauma

What good can come of tragedy.

Mark Obbie Pacific Standard Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

The Finish Line

The heroes of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Sean Flynn GQ Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Best Article Crime

She Stole Another’s Identity and Took Her Secret to the Grave. Who Was She?

She was Becky Sue Turner, then Lori Erica Ruff. Now she’s Jane Doe.

Maureen O'Hagan Seattle Times Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Crime Sports

Pros and Cons: Ex-Inmates Redefine Handball at Forest Park

The story of a St. Louis handball court.

Jessica Lussenhop Riverfront Times Jun 2013 Permalink

Crime Sex

A Girl, Her Pimp, and Her Parents

A family turns to murder to save one of their own.

Lauren Smiley San Francisco Jul 2013 25min Permalink

Crime

The Last Days Of Jam Master Jay

On the murder of Jam Master Jay.

Frank Owen Playboy Dec 2003 Permalink

Crime Tech

"Weaponize the Media": An Anonymous Rapper's War on Steubenville

What happens when a 26-year-old Kentucky resident decides to investigate a rape case from his computer.

Adrian Chen Gawker Jun 2013 30min Permalink

Crime

Mercenary for Justice

How an informant helped authorities nab a notorious anti-abortion activist.

Robert Kolker New York Nov 2008 25min Permalink

Crime

The Long Con

The intertwined lives of an Oregon rancher and a Indiana fraudster.

Michael Rubino Indianapolis Monthly Jun 2013 30min Permalink

Crime

From the Bowels of Hell

On “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez,who terrorized Los Angeles and San Francisco through a string of over 30 home invasion murders starting in 1984 and ending when he was recognized and apprehended by an angry mob.

Joseph Geringer Crime Library Nov 2005 45min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Prospect

Montaous Walton couldn’t throw, catch or hit. But he wanted to be a ballplayer. And with the help of the internet, the media, and an ambitious young agent, that’s what he briefly became.

Brandon Sneed SB Nation Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Crime

The Guilty Man

Twenty-six years after he was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife, Michael Morton sees the real killer brought to justice in a Texas courthouse.

Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Crime

His Life as a Murder Suspect

The Yale professor suspected of murdering his student.

James Bennet New York Times Magazine Sep 1999 20min Permalink

Crime

How A War Hero Became A Serial Bank Robber

An Iraq War veteran assuages his PTSD with bank heists.

Scott Johnson Buzzfeed May 2013 35min Permalink

Crime Sports

Allegation Ends Coach's Career

A college football coach is falsely accused of producing and possessing child pornography.

Eli Saslow ESPN May 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

The Borough Mystery: Dr William Kirwan

“Southwark’s petty thugs must have thought all their birthdays had come at once: a well-dressed toff stumbling round their borough in no state to defend himself, and with an alcoholic street whore as his only companion.”

Reconstructing a mysterious 1892 London murder.

Paul Slade PlanetSlade Feb 2013 50min Permalink

Business Crime

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The story of a tobacco industry whistleblower.

Marie Brenner Vanity Fair May 1996 1h15min Permalink

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