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On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

Darrow Farr on Patty Hearst, Exploitation, and Writing Other People's Traumas

By Darrow Farr | May 29, 2025

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage

Rich Benjamin on Daniel Fignolé, Papa Doc Duvalier, and the Kidnapping That Changed His Family

By Rich Benjamin | February 13, 2025

The Story of a Haunting, a Kidnapping, and an International Incident"> Good Ghosts and Bad Fathers: <br

Good Ghosts and Bad Fathers: <br

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The Story of a Haunting, a Kidnapping, and an International Incident

Helen Vogelsong-Donahue Finally Escapes Her Bogeyman

By Helen Vogelsong-Donahue | October 31, 2024

Anatomy of a Kidnapping: An Inside Look at the First Few Days in Terrorist Captivity

Anatomy of a Kidnapping: An Inside Look at the First Few Days in Terrorist Captivity

Shahbaz Taseer Recounts the Beginning of a Four-And-A-Half Year Long Nightmare

By Shahbaz Taseer | December 13, 2022

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of a Three-Year-Old Girl">Laura Cumming on the Mysterious Kidnapping
of a Three-Year-Old Girl

By Laura Cumming | August 30, 2019

Come and Eat the World's Largest Shrimp Cocktail in Mexico's Massacre Capital

Come and Eat the World's Largest Shrimp Cocktail in Mexico's Massacre Capital

For Freeman's, Diego Enrique Osorno Finds an Odd Mix of Crime and Tourism in Tamaulipas

By Diego Enrique Osorno | October 25, 2017

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