“This was a story of culinary disguise, of meat concealed in dough and murder masquerading as lunch.”
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The Baby Whisperer
“Marian Fraser once ran the go-to day care for Waco’s elite. But the community turned against her after she was arrested for the death of a child in her charge. The evidence against her was circumstantial, yet many came to believe there had long been a dark secret to her success.”
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Inside the Glitter Lab
“How the tiniest trace of red shimmer helped solve one of California’s most brutal crimes.”
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99 Problems: The Ice Cream Truck’s Surprising History
From crime panics to TikTok, summer’s favorite vehicle has driven a bumpy road.
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Becoming El Jefe
“Before Ryan Wedding landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list as a high-level associate of El Chapo, he was a bright-eyed kid from Thunder Bay. The inside story of how an Olympic snowboarding prodigy became one of the world’s most dangerous and powerful drug lords.”
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She Was a Quiet Bird Expert. Then She Was Called to Investigate a Murder in Maine.
“How a mild-mannered scientist named Roxie Laybourne created the field of forensic ornithology.”
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The Mostly True Story of America’s First Black Private Investigator
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Sharing stories from John Woodrow Cox, Sarah Blaskey, and Matt McClain; Daphne Chouliaraki Milner and Marcia Bjornerud; Susan Choi; Henry Wismayer; and Susannah Pratt.
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The Two Lives of William Woods
“One man was telling the truth; the other was living a lie.”
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‘A Relentless, Destructive Energy’: Inside the Trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
“An intimate account of an unprecedented trial.”