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Posted inEditor's Pick

‘I Found Your Mom’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 11, 2021October 19, 2022

In October 2020, 41 years after his mother’s disappearance, Paul Wulff received an unexpected phone call.

Posted inNonfiction

Don’t F**K With the Pet Detectives

by Longreads March 9, 2021February 22, 2023

To catch a serial killer.

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Friend Jay

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 22, 2020October 19, 2022

Matthew Stanmyre’s childhood best friend was shot and killed when he was 16. Twenty-one years later, he searches for answers for why he died.

Posted inCrime, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

No One Knows Why Gunshots Are Terrorizing the Malibu Mountains

by Aaron Gilbreath June 27, 2019October 19, 2022

Dead bodies, shots fired at passing cars, rumors of a survivalist carrying a rifle — what is happening around Malibu Creek State Park, and did police capture the right suspect?

Posted inBusiness, Crime, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Who Killed Canada’s Pharmaceutical Giants?

by Aaron Gilbreath October 25, 2018October 19, 2022

The investigation into the murder of two Canadian pharmaceutical giants remains inconclusive.

Posted ineducation, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Amateur Sleuth Who Can’t Let One Case Rest

by Aaron Gilbreath April 16, 2018October 19, 2022

One civilian is obsessed with investigating the eight student deaths in a 1967 fire at Cornell University.

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