A journalist has a bad experience on Airbnb – the rental is changed last minute to a far worse property than the glossy one advertised and a full refund proves hard to come by. On examining the experience further, she spots a pattern.
The death of an 18 year old in Minot, North Dakota, from an overdose lead to a global hunt that went as far as Hong Kong.
A scientist working on a CIA programme researching hallucinogenic warfare wound up dead. This story looks at the theories of agency malfeasance swirling around his death.
A murder in upscale Texas community was so rare as to be a shock in itself. But it rapidly transpired that this efficiently executed hit was out of the ordinary.
A story attempting to peel back the myth surrounding The Manson Family.
The author reflects on his strong suspicion that his loving grandmother knowingly poisoned people throughout her life, to terrible effect.
A story suggesting the American mafia is quietly rebuilding its fortunes after a couple of decades on the back foot.
At its heart this is a simple and tragic story, but it contains an array of troubling tropes of the new media age – catfishing, doxxing, hacking, bitcoin fraud and more.