The family’s story began to unravel in late 1965 when the first of their children died. The Martinez de la Aguilar family lived in a small village in Spain, where the father, Andreas, worked as a laborer and the mother, Antonia, stayed home to care for their six children. There was never any extra money … Read more
In the winter of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sat beside the bed of a dying patient and asked the nurse to tell him her story again. Not the boy’s story—her own. He had just lost his eleven-year-old son, Willie, to typhoid fever, while his youngest son, Tad, lay sick in another room. His wife, Mary … Read more
Snön föll i täta, bländande sjok när jag körde genom Chicagos öde gator. Jag hade just hämtat specialtillverkade hårdvarukomponenter för ett tekniskt projekt som jag i tysthet hade drömt om. Jag bromsade försiktigt och stannade helt vid rödljuset. Jag följde alltid reglerna. Jag stannade exakt där jag skulle, precis som jag i fem års tid … Read more
Drie jaar geleden begon Mark samen te werken met Sarah. In het begin deed ik echt mijn best om haar welkom te heten in ons leven. Ik nodigde haar uit voor onze barbecues, betrok haar bij groepsuitjes en deed oprecht vriendelijk tegen haar. Als ik er nu op terugkijk, was dat een enorme vergissing. Elke … Read more
Il bollitore l’ho acceso per abitudine, non perché avessi sete. Fuori, la sera di ottobre era già scesa su Winnipeg, e la cucina dell’appartamento nuovo era piena di quelle ombre lunghe che non conoscevo ancora bene. Ho messo una bustina di tè in una tazza che non era la mia, ho guardato il telefono appoggiato … Read more
Bevi, dai, aiuta con i nervi, insistette mio patrigno Marco fissandomi intensamente mentre mi porgeva la tazza termica. Il caffè aveva un odore strano, amaro, con un retrogusto metallico che mi fece stringere lo stomaco. Mi chiamo Davide Esposito, ho venticinque anni e vivo ancora con mia madre e il mio patrigno a Perugia. Non … Read more
Christopher Wilder’s murder spree began on February 26, 1984, in Florida and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, and California, as well as attempted abductions in Washington and New York, before he was killed in a confrontation with police. Christopher Bernard Wilder was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on March … Read more
Bart Starr sat in a Green Bay Packers locker room in December 1958. He was the quarterback of the worst team in professional football. His time was nearly up. He had spent three seasons in Green Bay. He had watched coaches come and go. He had watched the team lose again and again. He had … Read more
The case that became known around the world as the Lucan mystery was not, at its heart, a simple story of a disappearance. For years, the accepted version held that a violent attack in a basement had gone wrong, that the real target was the wife of the 7th Earl of Lucan, and that the … Read more
In May 1962, the FBI sat down with Larry Gallo, a man authorities described as an acting captain in the Genovese crime family, for an interview that would become one of the most significant cooperation sessions in American organized crime history. Gallo, who was also known by the name Michael Dilonardo, had been an inducted … Read more