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Posted inEditor's Pick

An Alleged $500 Million Ponzi Scheme Preyed on Mormons. It Ended with FBI Gunfire.

by Seyward Darby February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

“In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Violent Delights

by Seyward Darby January 4, 2023January 4, 2023

“The serial killer media industrial complex rages on, but what has it taught us? Very little about the crimes in question, and much more about ourselves.”

Posted inCrime, Feature, Story

‘What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?’

by Longreads June 8, 2021October 12, 2022

In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.

Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Why the 9/11 Families May Never Get Closure

by Krista Stevens January 23, 2020October 19, 2022

LSS: Because Trump wants to be pals with Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman.

Posted inQuote Posts, Uncategorized

Why did the FBI Betray Billy Reilly?

by Krista Stevens October 15, 2019October 19, 2022

How FBI silence and stonewalling forced William and Theresa Reilly to travel to Russia to find out what happened to their son.

Posted inCrime, Feature, Food, Nonfiction, Story

The Caviar Con

by David Gauvey Herbert February 12, 2019October 19, 2022

When caviar-crazed Eastern Europeans flocked to Warsaw, Missouri to poach eggs from a vulnerable species of fish, federal agents went undercover and spent two years to build a case against them.

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Evidence Over Intelligence: How Robert Mueller Sought Justice for Pan Am Flight 103

by Krista Stevens January 3, 2019October 19, 2022

The 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 has had a lasting effect on Robert Mueller and the FBI.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Cartel Next Door

by Matt Giles September 28, 2018October 19, 2022

Inside the $1 million plot to execute—in broad daylight—the attorney of a Mexican cartel boss, and the subsequent investigation, which ranged from south of the border to Florida and Texas, to solve the murder.

A cardboard soda cup from McDonald's sits on top of a black garbage can, surrounded by cigarette butts
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes

So Long, and Thanks for All the Value Meals

by michelleweber August 6, 2018October 19, 2022

Sorry you never won a million dollars; hope you at least got a fresh batch of fries.

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Surprising Case of One Houston Robber

by Aaron Gilbreath May 1, 2018October 19, 2022

The alleged ring leader of a group of violent armored car robbers isn’t the person friends and family knew.

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