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Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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There's a bunch of long form sport articles on Sports Illustrated: http://www.si.com/longform/index.html

I'd recommend this one about Donnie Moore. It's a tragic story that ended in a suicide: http://www.si.com/longform/donnie-moore/index.html

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Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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For some reason most of the longform stuff I read are pretty sad/terrible. Here's a 2010 Pulitzer winner:
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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I almost forgot that the whole Pain and Gain story is available on Miami New Times. This weird bodybuilding/kidnap/murder saga was also made as a (pretty good IMO) movie a couple of years ago. It's a long one and as a fair warning it gets really, really macabre like barbequing peoples remains macabre at the latter parts.

Pain & Gain by Pete Collins

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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Flaggy posted:

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

A guy who builds a homemade bomb, the FBI is stumped, and a slighted casino. This is the one I send to all my friends looking for longform articles.

I hadn't heard about this one before. This is straight up some James Bond supervillain stuff.

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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The Doomsday Scam tells about this mysterious red mercury that can be easily made into devastating weapons of mass destruction. It also might just be an elaborate scam to prank terrorists.

The Doomsday Scam by C.J. Chivers

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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I.R.A. kidnapped Jean McConville. Her kids want to know what happened to her.

Where the bodies are buried by Patrick Radden Keefe

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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From the PYF Unnerving article thread: A bunch of wrestlers and Muhammad Ali went to North Korea to put on a show.

Oral History of Pro Wrestling’s 1995 Historic Excursion into North Korea

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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Helith posted:

The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan's tsunami

I read this last night and the final 2 lines really got to me.

The author has written some books as well. I'd recommend People Who Eat Darkness and In The Time of Madness.

Edit. Apparently he also has a book coming out about the tsunami called Ghosts of the Tsunami.

Pingiivi has a new favorite as of 07:37 on Aug 25, 2017

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Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

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Film is as future proof as the storage environment is. There are a lot of horror stories of film masters going bad over time or having reels missing.

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