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On today’s reading list, Atlantic Journalists engage in complex scrutiny of those who deceive or harm others and those who must suffer the consequences. Here's the story of a con man turned true crime writer, a dog-cage-facilitated prison break, the wonders of a murder junkie, and more.
The Hustler Who Became a True Crime Writer
Matthew Cox spent much of his later life swindling out of millions of dollars by telling stories. Now he's trying to sell the true story.
rachel monroe
The true story of a married woman who smuggled her boyfriend out of prison in a dog crate
She wants to escape from her marriage. He wanted to escape a life sentence.
Michael J. Mooney
They stole Yogi Berra's World Series ring. And then they did something really crazy.
Childhood friend behind most audacious series of sports memorabilia robberies in U.S. history
Author: Ariel Patience
An imperfect man
Over the years, he used false identities to lure women and defraud them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. His victims then banded together to take him down.
rachel monroe
The horror of murder fandom
TikTok and Reddit detectives swarm campus after four University of Idaho students were killed. Communities are still struggling with the debris they left behind.
McKay Coppins
The gangster who bought his son a hockey team
A tale of mobsters, missing jobs and a legendary minor league team that helped send its owner to jail
Rich Cohen
Tomb Raider on the Upper East Side
Inside the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Antiquities Trafficking Unit
Author: Ariel Patience
The Rise and Fall of an All-Star Team of Jewel Thieves
They are very complex. The local police seemed helpless. At this time, a retired detective in his seventies intervened.
Jeff Mano
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America just kinda, kinda bans cigarettes
Nicholas Flocco
There is no drug like nicotine. When it enters your bloodstream, you'll feel a double dose of euphoria: an immediate surge of adrenaline, like a shot of strong coffee injected directly into your brain, along with the calming effects of beer. Nicotine is what keeps people addicted to cigarettes, despite their health risks and unpleasant smell. Essentially, this is what cigarette companies are selling and what they have been selling. Without nicotine, cigarettes are just smoldering leaves wrapped in some fancy paper.
But if the Biden administration gets its way, that will be the case for basically all cigarettes.
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