The story of Luvo Manyonga, a hugely gifted South African long jumper, and also a one time user of tik, a local variant of crystal methamphetamine. The story looks at his life and career and the lives of the people who saw his potential and sought to help him.
Tom Catena is the only doctor for thousands of miles in South Sudan, living and working in the midst of a brutal civil war. This article examines life for ‘Doctor Tom’ and his team.
An apparently routine murder investigation in the Philippines fans out into an investigation of a global criminal overlord, The Mastermind.
The dramatic tale of the sinking of a passenger steamer in the Atlantic, 150 miles from Boston, the personal consequences for those involved, and efforts by treasure hunters to find the wreck.
The remarkable life story of Ron Porambo, a crusading investigative journalist, whose achievements in reporting riots in 1960s Newark were eventually obscured by his own criminal exploits.
A fine piece looking at the difficulties experienced by a child genius, including a financial benefactor trying to kill her mother.
A story looking at what happens to the Islamic State fighters of Iraq in defeat, and in death.
The remarkable reappearance in Vietnam in 2008 of an American commando whose helicopter went down in Laos half a century before was not all that it seemed.
The story of Marcus Robertson – a former Marine, criminal and informant, former Baptist turned imam, and leader of the Forty Thieves gang.