Jacqueline Alnes shares her own dating app experiences and nine stories about the pitfalls of finding a partner online.
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On Washington’s McNeil Island, The Only Residents Are 214 Dangerous Sex Offenders
A legal mandate keeps Washington state’s most dangerous sex offenders in a controversial facility known as a civil commitment center. ‘Civilly committed’ means detained indefinitely. It’s a community safeguard because these men are likely to repeat their violent sexual crimes, but does civil commitment protect the general public?
Posted inCrime, Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Vacating Convictions from Crooked Chicago Cops
A group of Chicago cops spent years framing innocent men, but thanks to one determined woman, their convictions are finally getting overturned.
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Castration Heard Around the World
Lorena and John Wayne Bobbit’s famous castration story remains relevant twenty-five years after the incident, and just as painful.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Bigamist’s Daughter
Robin Antalek considers the legacy of the man who abandoned her for another family and never looked back.
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A Killing at Donkey Creek
Jimmy Smith-Kramer, a former high school basketball star and a member of the Quinault Indian Nation in Taholah, Washington, was only 20 years old when James Walker mowed him down with his pickup truck. Was it a hate crime? Investigators aren’t sure.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Unearthing the History of Lynching, One Story at a Time
The descendants of lynching victim Elwood Higginbotham learn the circumstances of his 1935 murder in Oxford, Mississippi.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in crime reporting.
Posted inHighlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
“Welcome to the House of Horrors”: When IP Address Mapping Goes Wrong
John and his mother Ann, who live in a house in Pretoria, South Africa, were two victims of faulty IP address mapping — and the U.S. government played a big role in the mess.
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House of the Century
Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
