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True Crime
The Sick Ripper of Connecticut
A Child-Killer in Citrus County
The Runaway Who Never Got a Chance
The Orange Sock Killer of Breckenridge Found using DNA
The Curious Case of Coley McCraney
Richard Davis Had More Victims
The Murder of Jesse Dirkhising
The Unsolved Murder of Teen Kurt Sova
A Jane Doe They Named 'Corona Girl'
John Doe Exhumed in 40-Year-Old Cold Case
Senseless Killings by Two Bored Teenagers
The Families Fought for Justice
'Mostly Harmless' Hiker Left a Shadowy Trail
Deranged Justice: The Story of Wayne Dumond
Victims of the Texas Killing Fields, Pt. I
Four Con Artists Sentenced to Life in Prison
The Punishment Did Not Fit the Crime
The Speed Freak Killers: Tried, Convicted, Paroled
Will the Case of DB Cooper Ever Die?
Missing Roommate Found Stuffed in Freezer in Arkansas
The Strange Death of an Oklahoma Housewife
The Worst Serial Killer You've Never Heard Of
Likely Serial Killer in Custody Thanks to Cold Case Sleuthing
The Worst Hell's Angel in Canada
The Pedophile Ring that Rocked Belgium
A Dozen Driver's Licenses, How Many Victims?
Good Samaritan Arrested for Murder
The Longest-serving Wrongly Convicted Female in US History
How Many Women Did Eric Armstrong Kill?
'Problem Child' Murdered Eight Neighbors Including Five Children
Amish Brothers Rape 12-Year-Old Sister, Get Probation
The World’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
He Shot an 81-Year Old Woman in the Back
The Shooting of Politician Gabby Giffords
Farmer Kidnaps, Rapes and Murders Jogger
The Tragic Life and Horrific (Near) Death of Doyle Hamm
“We Don’t Have Serial Killers”
The True Story of the River’s Edge
The First Woman Executed in Virginia in 100 Years
What Lies Behind the Murders of 43 Mexican Students?
Life and Legacy: Kendra Webdale
A Crime Against a Journalist, and Punishment of a Sexual Sadist
DNA May Catch This Serial Killer
Bradford Bishop: The Killer Who Fell Off the Face of the Earth
Her Parents Didn’t Like Her Boyfriend
The Weathermen: A Story of a Terrorist Group
Did Donald Ray Wallace Get Right with God?
He Wanted to be Called “Hi Hitler”
A Horrible Crime Against a Wonderful Person
A Small-Town Mystery with Too Many Clues
The Fastest Execution in Modern US History
The Bizarre Bomb Collar Bank Heist
Hobo, Lumberjack, Axe Murderer
The Psychology of the Vampire Killer
The Haunting End of the McStay Family
Humor
An Open Letter to People Who Adhere Gluey Labels
An Open Letter to Side-Hustler Hustlers
My Pandemic Prison Release Party
Confessions of a True Crime Writer
An Open Letter to the Teacup Yorkie I'm Petsitting
An Open Letter to People Who Write Instructions
A Lone Star Open Letter to Texas
A Steam-Opened Letter to Kanye West
My Nightmare of Doing Stand-Up
My Hot Beverage Routine is Out of Control
Things I Need Explained, Ranked
How to Recycle Your Confederate Flag
Slather Me with Life Advice, You Tawdry Harlot
LSD was Huge in the Roaring 1920s
Standing Up is the New Aerobics
It's Time to Admit I Can't Build a Fire
I Ate Fudge and My Life Went Straight to Hell
That Time I Got Served Kool-Aid and Said, No Thank You
America's Greatest Mystery: Guys in Pickup Trucks
I Jump into Ice Cold Water Every Day
To Errand is Human—to Love Your Spouse While Doing Errands, Divine (also a podcast episode)
Pandemic Getting You Down? Start a Hobby!
Confessions of a Guilty American
Home Depot, You Murdered Creativity
I’m Your Car and We Need to Talk (also a podcast episode)
How Not to Make Money on MEDIIUM, or Anywhere
Making $$ with Poetry on Medium
8 Signs You Are Starved for a Creative Outlet
Holy Cow! People Are Reading My Story!
Everything About This Pandemic Is Working for Me
Republican-do & Other Tales from the New South
Essays
Did a Decade of Milk Cartons Help Solve Missing Kid Cases?
An Open Letter to Myself When I'm Tired
The Art and Science of Criminal Profiling
5 Exotic Snacks that Will Change Your Life
Why Sleeping in Makes Me Depressed
The Best Hollywood Shootout Ever
The Tragic Death of 'The Greatest Cave Explorer'
7 True Crime Books You Might Have MIssed
The Strange Lives of Wild Children
How to Train Your Dog Not to Beg
The Great Pandemic Liberation of 2020
What My Students Hated About Writing
Ann Rule Wasn’t Just Ted Bundy’s Friend
The Bravery of Modern Presidents, Ranked
Breathing, Weight, and Health
What's Keeping You Up at Night?
How I Lost Weight During the Pandemic
How Squirrels Explain Diet Failure
A Non-Ambiguous Diet Message from Science
4 Weight Loss Methods That Aren't Diet or Exercise
How to Reverse Aging by Standing Up
Incline Your Bed for Your Health
8 Reasons to Get a Mini-Trampoline
How to Manage Seasonal Depression with Science
I'd Choose Pandemic Life over Mental Illness Any Day
Katharine Hepburn: Health Guru
How the Buteyko Method Helped Ease My Anxiety
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
The Single Drug that Reduces COVID-19 Death Rates
Poetry
in search of structure in the wind
The Top 10 Traumas of my Childhood
Attack of the Fall Leaf Blowers
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