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The Last Unknown Man

This whole case has fascinated me, and now that it has somewhat of a resolution it's even more fascinating to me. Amazingly well-written, thought-provoking article. Check it out.
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A Deadly Dance

One of my favorite reads from last year. Texas Monthly is a treasure trove of long form articles; I specifically love their true crime pieces.

You can find them all including some great music-related ones here.
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Fascinating.
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became a fan of Texas Monthly when living there. No longer have a subscription but always love to come across their articles whenever I can. Here's one I just read recently

http://features.texasmonthly.com/editor ... reckoning/
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Great thread idea Smitty, I kept meaning to start one a while back but never got around to it. Here's a couple great pieces from Shane Bauer where he goes undercover as a Border Militia member and as a Private Prison Guard, respectively.

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/ ... tion-bauer

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/ ... tion-bauer

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Smitty wrote:The Last Unknown Man

This whole case has fascinated me, and now that it has somewhat of a resolution it's even more fascinating to me. Amazingly well-written, thought-provoking article. Check it out.
i had been reading this before you posted the link and i finally finished it. amazing.

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There's a website out there devoted to this very thing called Longreads. They have a real nice article on Carlos Castaneda that I started when it was first posted but haven't finished. Perhaps I'll do that now.

By the way, if you click on the link for Kjell Reigstad's website, be sure to check out the Now Playing section.

The Teachings of Don Carlos
Pulling back the curtain on Carlos Castaneda, one of America’s most secretive and popular authors.

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Illustration by Kjell Reigstad

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The definitive story on Christine Chubbuck

"A spinster at 29"

Wow, how the times have changed.
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Smitty wrote:The definitive story on Christine Chubbuck

"A spinster at 29"

Wow, how the times have changed.
Do you think the holy grail of lost media will ever be released/found? I personally think it's been destroyed but others seem to think it still exists.

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njMark wrote:
Smitty wrote:The definitive story on Christine Chubbuck

"A spinster at 29"

Wow, how the times have changed.
Do you think the holy grail of lost media will ever be released/found? I personally think it's been destroyed but others seem to think it still exists.
Apparently the mother was given the likely sole copy by the station owner; she reportedly handed it over to a law firm for safekeeping with instructions to not release it publicly.
I think that's the "right" thing to do in this case; it's a historical document so I wouldn't want it destroyed (I hate when any media is destroyed), but no matter how much of my morbid curiosity wishes I could watch it, I think it's better off remaining a mystery.
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I agree, their is no lack of other awful things on the net to see, Bud Dwyer was bad enough.

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http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/sear ... y-germans/

A long one but interesting and informative as to what it's like to be lost in the SW'ern desert country.

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great speech by Russell Means, a Lakotan Indian, on European culture and how its very nature is always destructive.

http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/revo ... apitalism/

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https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2017/abt/

A fascinating story about a women's descent into the Aryan Brotherhood and how her cooperation as an informant led to a massive string of arrests that decimated the organization.

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The Loneliness of Donald Trump

Not exactly what I had in mind as far as journalism goes when I started the thread, but I think its worth a read.
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Smitty wrote:The Loneliness of Donald Trump

Not exactly what I had in mind as far as journalism goes when I started the thread, but I think its worth a read.
I find it so hard to keep compassion in mind for dangerous people, but this piece managed to make me feel it. Not that I'll let him get away with anything if I can help it.

Here's one I which caused consternation when I posted it in the local atheist/"freethinkers" group, mostly among people who didn't read past the provocative headline:

Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real
Which means science is broken.
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Remembering the murder you didn't commit

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an opinion piece and not news, but an interesting angle:
https://agrammar.tumblr.com/post/359990 ... ought-on-j


also, totally unrelated but i liked this story quite a bit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/maga ... d-her.html

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Touching Death: The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers

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Fascinating 2-part read on JFK's assassination and LBJ assuming the presidency and what a crazy, chaotic day it was

https://www.washingtonian.com/projects/ ... yout1.html

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Not journalism, per se, but this was beautifully written by Phil Klay. https://theamericanscholar.org/tales-of ... edemption/#

His 2014 short story collection Redeployment is also quite good.
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