Best crime reporting 2014

December 28, 2014 5:28 PM

Longreads Best Crime Reporting of 2014

By Noon They'd Both Be In Heaven by Hannah Rosin for NY Magazine.( MeFi discussion)

The Dead Zoo Gang by Charles Homans from The Atavist - preview only, full story now behind a paywall. (MeFi discussion)

Gone Girls by Mike Kessler for LA Magazine

The Craigslist Killers by Devin Friedman for GQ

Blood in the Sand by Matthew Power for Outside. (MeFi discussion. MeFi post on the passing of journalist Matt Power)

The Hunt For El Chapo by Patrick Radden Keefe for the New Yorker

Finding Marlowe by Daniel Miller for LA Times. (MeFi discussion)

Related previouslies: 2010, 2009, earlier

posted by triggerfinger (5 comments total)

Ohhhh, thank you!

(*prepares to lose many productive hours*)
posted by Salamander at 6:52 PM on December 28, 2014

The Craigslist Killer previously on MeFi. That FPP is an Atlantic article from 2013, so I look forward to comparing the two.
posted by TedW at 7:29 PM on December 28, 2014

Oh God, the Kern family are the only commenters on the Craigslist Killer article. I cannot imagine being them and reading that story.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:21 PM on December 28, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thanks for linking that TedW. I haven't read either article yet, so I'll enjoy comparing them as well when I read them this week.
posted by triggerfinger at 8:23 PM on December 28, 2014

Longform also has a Best of 2014 Crime list.
posted by mlis at 10:41 AM on December 30, 2014