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We Asked an Exoneration Expert About 'Making a Murderer' and America's True Crime Obsession
Samuel Gross, law professor and editor of the National Registry of Exonerations, explains how pervasive misconduct is in America's criminal justice system.
The Men Making Money Off the Art and Personal Effects of Rapists and Serial Killers
The "murderabilia" market allows collectors to buy ghoulish artifacts like string art made by Charles Manson and dirt pulled from the crawlspace where John Wayne Gacy buried his victims.
Who Is the West Mesa Bone Collector?
In 2009, 11 corpses were found buried in shallow graves in the desert above Albuquerque. Five years later, and the police still have no suspects.
Russian Hackers Have Been Robbing US Banks for a Long Time
The story of the first Cyber Bank robbery.
Four Years in Maximum Security Prison with the Amityville Horror
Slurring his words and staring at me with his arresting gaze, Ronnie told me that his parents had been monsters.
This Lady Signed a Lease and then Learned She Was Stuck Living in a Murder House
A woman in suburban St. Louis recently got fucked over by her landlady. Shortly after moving in, she found out about all the torture and murder that happened in her basement. The story got even worse when Missouri's tenant laws came into play.
Nancy Grace's Insane, Murder-Fuelled Twitter Brilliance
The unhinged cable news host has finally found her medium.