“But all was not well in the house on the corner of Lincoln Road and 52nd Street. It belonged to Dennis and Brenda Bowman, a married couple with two children. For the Bowmans, March 11 marked the last time they saw their 14-year-old daughter, Aundria, alive.” We’ve got some big news this week from our […]
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“So as soon as my reporting was done, I would go home. I would never permit myself to do anything, make dinner, nothing, until I’d sat down with the notebooks.” Happy Friday! We have several updates to share this week. We’re working to improve your overall Longreads experience, and you may notice some small changes while browsing […]
These days, when you work as a librarian in America, there is no lack of emergencies.
A stash of encrypted diaries raises questions about the secrets we carry, and how they are revealed.
Two students from China, studying at the University of Michigan, travel to Florida during their winter break and find themselves in trouble after entering the Naval Air Station Key West, a major U.S. military facility.
Amid a new flurry of media coverage, we revisit some of our favorite stories about ufologists and close encounters.
“The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal.”
Discover a website that solves crimes without its members ever leaving home.
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