Category: Publication
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia | Atavist
For years, a mysterious figure preyed on gay men in Atlanta. People on the streets called him the Handcuff Man—but the police knew his real name. Stay away from him.
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After Two Decades Undercover, She’s Ready to Tell the Real Story of Human Trafficking | Rolling Stone
For years, former FBI Special Agent Nikki Badolato led the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force targeting some of the most heinous criminals. Now she wants Americans to know the truth about underage sex crimes O n an August night in 2003, a young woman who went by the name Paulina sank into the sofa of her modest,…
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The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers | New Yorker
Stéphane Bourgoin became famous through his jailhouse interviews with murderers. Then an anonymous collective of true-crime fans began investigating his own story.
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On the Trail of the Robocall King | Wired
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.
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He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back | Wired
How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.
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Secrets of the Little Blue Box | Esquire
A story so incredible it may even make you feel sorry for the phone company I am in the expensively furnished living room of Al Gilbertson*, the creator of the “blue box.” Gilbertson is holding one of his shiny black-and-silver “blue boxes” comfortably in the palm of his hand, pointing out the thirteen little red…
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The Falling Man | Esquire
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
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Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? | The Atlantic
An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign The diamond invention—the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and are essential signs of esteem—is a relatively recent development in the history of the diamond trade. Until the late nineteenth century, diamonds were…
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Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation | Wired
In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.
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The Day the Dinosaurs Died | New Yorker
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth. If, on a certain evening about sixty-six million years ago, you had stood somewhere in North America and looked up at the sky, you would have soon made out what appeared to be a star.…
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‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’ | Wired
In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan. ON A BRISK day in March 2016, Stephen Allwine walked into a Wendy’s in Minneapolis. The smell of old fryer grease hung in the air as he searched for a man wearing…
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The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles | Wired
After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Advento’s hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects. SHEILA ADVENTO WAS not feeling well. It was July 6, 2003, and her mother’s house in northern New Jersey was filled with people. Sheila and her mom were there, along with Sheila’s boyfriend, sister,…
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect | Wired
Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn’t see anything. But her Fitbit did.
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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder | Wired
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.