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The Madoff Tapes

The Madoff Tapes

The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson

The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson

Rage Against Your Machine: Drivers vs. Cyclists in America

Rage Against Your Machine: Drivers vs. Cyclists in America

The One-Man Political Machine

The One-Man Political Machine

Is Ecstasy a Viable Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Is Ecstasy a Viable Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

The Hard Luck and Beautiful Life of Liam Neeson

The Hard Luck and Beautiful Life of Liam Neeson

The Sabotaging of Iran

The Sabotaging of Iran

The Life and Death of Blago Aide Christopher Kelly

The Life and Death of Blago Aide Christopher Kelly

The Life and Death of Blago Aide Christopher Kelly

Longreads Pick

(City Magazine (CRMA) Award nominee.) “He was part of [Blagojevich’s] inner, inner circle, about as close to the sun as you can get.” Those days were gone. Now Kelly was holing up on and off in this trailer near 173rd and Cicero. His marriage was on the rocks—he was shacking up in a downtown condo with his girlfriend, Clarissa Flores-Buhelos, a married woman two decades his junior. The feds had indicted him three times in two years; he had pleaded guilty twice, and he was slated to go on trial with his old pal Blagojevich on the third set of charges. A decade or more of prison loomed. In fact, Kelly was expected to turn himself in within a few days. “My life is over,” he had admitted to reporters four days earlier, in a rare unguarded moment before the press.

Published: May 1, 2010
Length: 27 minutes (6,925 words)

One Very, Very Indie Band

One Very, Very Indie Band