Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Man confesses to killing boy who vanished 33 years ago. Story haunted New Yorkers, as did the boy's picture: "Forever young, like a shaggy-haired boy king, counterposed with all of the ideas of what could have happened to his body"
Zetas drug cartel was formed by ex-special forces soldiers. It now has more than 10,000 men under arms. And a deserved reputation for unspeakable violence in its drive to dominate the lucrative drug trade with the US
The Obama government has rationalised its failure to prosecute anyone (literally, anyone at all) for bubble-related crimes by saying that while much of Wall St's behaviour was unwise or unethical, it wasn't illegal. What rubbish
World's most popular sport is deeply corrupt. Football (soccer) "match fixing has become a massive worldwide crime, on par with drug trafficking, prostitution and the trade in illegal weapons." A key fixer says he'll lift the lid
Story of Hans-Jürgen Kuhl. Made fortune in leather hot pants. Bankrupt, turned to "art". His quest? A perfect $100 bill. "Warhol copied currency, and his prints are now priceless. Kuhl copied currency, got busted, and is now broke"
Married to the 'Ndrangheta. "Ms Cacciola was forced into a loveless marriage at the age of 16, with a man who almost immediately disappeared into the solitary confinement wing of a prison. From then on, she was rarely allowed out"
Troubling story of Carlos DeLuna, executed in 1989 for the brutal murder of a young woman. DeLuna always insisted that the killer was a lookalike, Carlos Hernandez. But police denied Hernandez even existed. They were wrong
How one man fooled some of the world's most knowledgeable wine collectors. It's easy to say they should have spotted the con, now that Rudy Kurniawan has been indicted for fraud. But vanity, greed, credulity can be a powerful brew
Interview with fugitive hacker Christopher Doyon. "Right now we have access to every classified database in the US government. The access was given to us by the people who run the systems. The pimply-faced kid in the basement"
Dieter Machold ran a family business of impeccable reputation, trading in antique violins. When he needed capital, his banks were happy to accept a Stradivarius or two as security. Until, one day, the music stopped
Huge feature on Internet Marketing scams. Here's how they work: "Find customers, sell them useless products and then send the leads on to industrial strength 'boiler rooms' that separate them from what little money they have left"
Anyone still think for-profit prisons are a good idea? Well, this should change your mind. Horrifying account of a children's prison out of control. Drugs, weapons, beatings, rapes commonplace. Often with prison staff complicit
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