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That Other School Shooting

A makeshift memorial that appeared after seven people were killed by a gunman at Oikos University last April. On April 2 last year, a 43-year-old former nursing student named One L. Goh wa
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2013
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5493 words)

Atonement

In the early hours one morning last September, Lu Lobello rose from his bed, switched on a light, and stared into the video camera on his computer. It was two-thirty. The light cast a yellow pall on…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 29, 2012
LENGTH: 35 minutes (8959 words)

In the Footsteps of a Killer

Fifty rapes. Ten murders. Two identities. One man. From 1976 to 1986, one of the most violent serial criminals in American history terrorized communities throughout California. He was little known,…
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7635 words)

A Loaded Gun

Amy Bishop alongside her parents, Judy and Sam, in 1987. Judy calls Amy a “brilliant girl” who “just snapped.”
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2013
LENGTH: 56 minutes (14098 words)

The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever

By by Michael J. MooneyD Magazine JUL 2012 When Bill Fong approaches the lane, 15-pound bowling ball in hand, he tries not to breathe. He tries not to think about not breathing. He wants his body to…
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4501 words)

The Island Where People Forget to Die

Stamatis Moraitis tending his vineyard and olive grove on Ikaria. More Photos » In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis
PUBLISHED: Oct. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5246 words)
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On the Mozart Estate

In 2005, Dominick Mathurin was a normal 12-year-old boy. After school he rode his bike on the Queen’s Park housing estate in north-west London where he lived. He had started at secondary…
SOURCE:Aeon
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5723 words)
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The Great New England Vampire Panic

Children playing near a hillside gravel mine found the first graves. One ran home to tell his mother, who was skeptical at first—until the boy produced a skull. Because this was Griswold,…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (672 words)

Spain's One-Eyed Bullfighter: Newsmakers: GQ

I. Zaragoza, Spain—October 7, 2011 What does the bull see as it charges the matador? What does the bull feel? This is an ancient mystery, but it s
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1264 words)
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