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Selected Works

CRIME STORIES

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How Crowdsourcing Cracked The Case Of A Gay-Bashing Attack

Twitter sleuths—and one real detective—joined forces after an assault in Philadelphia and helped police arrest three suspects

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Animal Instinct: How Cat-Loving Sleuths Found an Accused Killer Sadist

A shocking story of citizen detectives, a videotaped murder, animal torture and one very disturbed celebrity wannabe

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The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln

Meet Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hatmaker who was John Wilkes Booth’s Jack Ruby

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The Secret Life of Johnny Lewis

He was a Hollywood actor who had it all—including a dark side that led to a grisly murder

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Will the Internet Find Maura Murray?

Ten years ago, a 21-year-old UMass student vanished without a trace. For an army of amateur sleuths across the Internet, that was just the beginning.

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Hardcore and Bleeding

Virtual Love and Actual Death in Miami

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Long Island’s Lost Girls: Broken Rainbow

The West Virginia Rainbow Murders

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Long Island’s Lost Girls: Dark Star, Ship Of Fools

The Disappearance Of Jennifer Wilmer

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Long Island’s Lost Girls: A Walk By The River

A Walk By The River: The Unsolved Murder Of A Sag Harbor Flight Attendant In Idaho

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L.I. Flight Attendant’s Murder Solved

One Month After We Published The Story

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New Homeowner Finds Body of Pregnant Woman in a Barrel

Before The Times Gave Stringers Bylines

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Over A Barrel

All I Had Was A Body, A Barrel And Two Pieces Of Jewelry. Plus A Phone Number For A Howard Elkins Of Boca Raton, Fla.

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Overshadowed by History

Henryk Siwiak Died On 9/11… From A Bullet To The Chest

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A Creature was Stirring

The East Village Murder of Brian Boothe

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Hit and Run

The Drivers, Their Victims, And One Loophole in the Law

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Marcellino And Weisenberg Announce Hit And Run Legislation Passes Both Senate And Assembly

The Outcome Of The Hit And Run Cover story

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The Christmas Bomb

The Unsolved Mystery Of One Of New York’s Deadliest Terrorist Attacks

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Black and Blond

The Hideous Sorority of Hollywood’s Black Dahlia and Boston’s Swedish Nanny

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The Worst Homicide Squad in the Country

The Boston Police Department Doesn’t Catch Killers, So The Killing Keeps Getting Worse

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Paid To Do The Impossible

The Head Of The Suffolk Crime Lab Knows How To Bag Criminals

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Some Say Pet Shop Monkey Was Liberated, Not Stolen

Did The Legwork, Bob McFadden The Rewrite

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Cyberspace Invaders

County Law Enforcement’s Seeking More And More Web Site Information To Mount Investigations Against Private Citizens

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A Man Among Boys

Steve Simmons Knows How To Talk To Teens. Listen To What He Told Sam Manzie

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Baptism By Fire

Nassau’s New Homicide Chief Jumps Into The Thick Of It

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Why Long Island Can Be Murder

A True Crime Tour

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“It Would Have Been a Bloodbath”

Interview With Son Of Sam Captor Ed Zigo

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The Gang’s All Here

Nassau’s Gang Expert On The Growth Of L.I.’s Crews

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Rotisserie Criminals

Fantasy League Takes Aim At Convicts

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Murder On The Long Island

Still A Mystery To Relatives, 116 Years Later

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Another Press Fugitive Behind Bars

Thanks To Your Tips, Alleged Rapist Is Behind Bars

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Gold Coast Mystery

Faceless Remains Found In Muttontown Pose More Troubling Case Than Chandra’s

 

INFOGRAPHICS

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Missing Persons/Unidentified Remains Infographic

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ENTERTAINMENT COVER STORIES

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My Dad Kicked Your Ass at Shea

A Baseball Memoir

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Donald Glover is More Talented Than You

The Comedian/Writer/Rapper Is On A Collision Course With Stardom

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Courting Controversy

Always Cocky And Opinionated, Commentator Bill O’Reilly Seems Equally Pleased To Hear From Fans Enemies Alike

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Waking Andy Kaufman

Wine, Women And Wrestling In Great Neck

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A Right-Left PUNCH

Sean Hannity And Alan Colmes Are Using Their Hard-Charging Debating Style To Send Ratings For Their Fox News Show Soaring

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Role Players

The Nationals Are The Straight Men for The Clown Princes of Basketball

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Feeling The Fever … Again

After Nearly 15 Years of Poor Teams And Sparse Crowds, the Islanders—And Their Fans—Are back In The Game

 

SHORTER TALES

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Eat Another Donut, You Fat Pig

Fire-Police Hockey Game Is No Holiday On Ice

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Julian Koster’s Loop-the-Loop

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Bobby V’s Suicide Squeeze

Bearing Witness To The Met Manager’s Meltdown

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SXSW: Kate Nash at the Q Magazine Party

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Copy Cat

Chan Marshall, Aka Cat Power, Is Perfectly Happy Singing Other People’s Songs

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In 15-Minute Rampage, Tornado Fells Trees And Rips Roofs Off L.I.

I Did The Legwork. Mcfadden Did the Rewrite.

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Fastest Scalpel in the East

Doctor’s Free Surgeries Give Poor Children In India New Faces And New Futures

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Badges Of Honor

Tattoos Help Friends, Family Memorialize Victims Of Terror

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Mickey Mantle’s Foul Balls

Hall of Famers Do Have A Sense Of Humor

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He’s Not Acting

Tough Guy Zito Gains Cult Status As Old-School Hollywood Warrior

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Satellite of Love

Inside The Studio On Howard Stern’s First Sirius Morning

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All That Glitters Isn’t Glam

Louis XIV’s Jason Hill On Sexed-Up Songs And Cranked-Up Critics

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Bronx Cheers

Some Fans Quit Yankees-Hating For The City’s Sake. But Not All.

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Don’t Try This At Home

Mankind And Mick Foley

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It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over

Go Ahead: You Try and Keep Up With Senior Softballers

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Where Asphalt Runs In Their Blood

Pro Roller Hockey League Comes Calling

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What Mike Milbury Sees In His Sleep

The Islanders’ Boss Would Like You To forget The Past—Except For One Punk

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Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam!

Extreme Backyard Wrestling’s Leaders And Gutters

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Two Years Ahead Of The Pack

Terrorism Expert With A Passion For Wolves Warned Of Twin Towers Attack

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One Giant Leap For Mankind

Work Champ Mick Foley From East Setauket Says: ‘Top Of the World, Ma!’

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Starting A Riot

An Intrepid Writer And Roller Hockey Player Gives Us A First-Hand Look AT Major League Roller Hockey’s Inaugural Season As A Member Of The New York Riot

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Lincoln’s Avenger: Boston Corbett

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Newshawk

Boston Globe Profile

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Hockey Back At Kansas After Three Year Freeze

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Inline Sport Catching On At KU

Roller Hockey Club Looks For Challengers On The Internet

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Former Lolita Amy Fisher Sets Long Island On Its Ear

 

THINGS BUILT

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