Killing Mom and Dad on Staten Island
The story of a high school quarterback’s descent into madness, and its tragic end.
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The Abortionist
Doc moves quickly. He takes off his windbreaker, tosses his leather bag on the counter and unzips it. He pulls out a slate-blue polyester vest, V-necked, with six buttons. He raises his arms and jumps into it and then says, with an air of deep satisfaction, "Aah." Doc is proud of his bulletproof vest.
The G-Man and the Hit Man
The questionable close relationship between a mobster/informant and an F.B.I. agent during a bloody Colombo crime family battle.
A Convict's Odyssey
When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.
The Long Con
The anatomy of a bungled, massively expensive undercover sting conducted by the Seattle Police Department.
The Double
A bank robber tells the story of a successful heist.
A Terrorist's Tale
In June, 1942, a German submarine dropped four young Nazi agents off on a Florida beach. Their mission was to blow up bridges, factories, and Jewish-owned department stores. Among them was Herbert Haupt, the 22-year-old son of a German-American family in Chicago.
Manson: An Oral History
The story of the 1969 murder spree by Charles Manson and “Family” as told by those close to the case.
Eight on Osama bin Laden
Father and Son, Bunking in G Block
Bernard Peters and his son, Scott, robbed and shot a Salvation Army worker in 1996. Since then, they’ve been sharing a cell at Elmira Correctional Facility.
The Fort Carson Murder Spree
All told, the military acknowledged this summer, 14 soldiers from the base have been charged or convicted in at least 11 slayings since 2005 — the largest killing spree involving soldiers at a single U.S. military installation in modern history.
The Casino Next Door
How slot machines snuck into the mall, along with money laundering, bribery, shootouts, and billions in profits.
Guantanamo Bay: How the White House lost the fight to close it
Inside Obama’s most glaring reversal.
The Town That Burned Itself Down
For 18 months, Coatesville, Penn., was besieged with an improbable number of arsons. But who started the fires – and why?
The Straight Dope
An interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire.
Held by the Taliban
NYT journalist David Rohde’s alternately terrifying and absurd first person account of his kidnapping en route to an interview in Southern Afghanistan and the subsequent seven months he, along with his translator and driver, spent in captivity in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
Heroin.com: Selling Junk Online
How Craigslist dealers do business in New York City.
Blocking the Transmission of Violence
A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.
Best Article Crime World Religion
Rajneeshees in Oregon: The Untold Story
Twenty-five years ago, a guru from India showed up in rural Oregon with 2,000 followers. Here’s what happened next: they legally turned their multi-million dollar ranch into an incorporated city, imported homeless people to swing local votes, poisoned hundreds and attempted to assassinate the state’s U.S. attorney.
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Part 1: 25 Years After Rajneeshee Commune Collapsed, Truth Spills Out
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Part 2: Thwarted Rajneeshee Leaders Attack Enemies, Neighbors with Poison
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Part 3: Rajneeshee Leaders Take Revenge on The Dalles’ with Poison, Homeless
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Part 4: Rajneeshee Leaders See Enemies Everywhere as Questions Compound
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Part 5: Rajneeshees’ Utopian Dreams Collapse as Talks Turn to Murder
2011 Pulitzer Prize: Investigative Reporting: Weak Insurers Put Millions of Floridians at Risk
Despite no hurricanes in five years, Florida insurers are demanding yet more money from homeowners. At the same time, the capital that insurers have on hand to pay claims has shrunk. One reporter spent a year trying to figure out why.
2011 Pulitzer Prize: Local Reporting: Why They Won’t Stop Shooting in Chicago
On a particularly bloody April weekend in 2008 when 40 people were shot, seven fatally. Not one has faced charges.
Anatomy of a Murder
In 1960, beer heir Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and murdered. A look back at the crime and the man who committed it.
Free Fallin'
How skateboard legend Mark “Gator” Anthony was born again, first as a street preacher, and then as a rapist and murderer.
The Hipster Grifter
How a 22-year-old with five warrants for her arrest in Utah conned her way through Brooklyn armed with nothing more than a dirty mouth and a penchant for faking pregnancy and/or cancer.
The Real Housewives of Wall Street
The story of $220M in bailout money.
