The Devil and the Art Dealer
On the discovery of a billion dollars worth of artwork looted by Nazis in the cramped apartment of a Munich recluse.
On the discovery of a billion dollars worth of artwork looted by Nazis in the cramped apartment of a Munich recluse.
Alex Shoumatoff Vanity Fair Apr 2014 25min Permalink
A profile of Eve Babitz – muse, writer, LA party girl.
Lili Anolik Vanity Fair Mar 2014 25min Permalink
The dissolution of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng’s marriage amidst evidence of her affairs with Tony Blair and Eric Schmidt.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Feb 2014 45min Permalink
Fifty years after Joseph Mitchell published “Joe Gould’s Secret” in The New Yorker, one last question about Gould—the identity of his anonymous benefactor—is answered.
Joshua Prager Vanity Fair Feb 2014 15min Permalink
“There was an unwritten rule in Mia Farrow’s house that Woody Allen was never supposed to be left alone with their seven-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan.”
Maureen Orth Vanity Fair Nov 1992 40min Permalink
“There is only one given: On the afternoon of August 16, a 22-year-old from Australia named Christopher Lane, who had come to America to go to college and play baseball, went out running and, without warning or knowing why, was shot to death in Duncan.”
Buzz Bissinger Vanity Fair Jan 2014 30min Permalink
François Hollande campaigned as “Monsieur Normal,” but after taking office as France’s President, a single tweet exposed his twisted 20-year love triangle.
Evgenia Peretz Vanity Fair Dec 2012 15min Permalink
The conspiracy theories surrounding the 1931 death of Hitler’s niece and object of affection.
Ron Rosenbaum Vanity Fair Apr 1992 55min Permalink
The political liabilities of Barack Obama’s self-possession.
Todd S. Purdum Vanity Fair Nov 2013 10min Permalink
Exploring the vast underground world of New York City with three of the people who know it best.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Oct 2013 35min Permalink
What the rapidly changing world of teenage hook-up culture means for young women.
Nancy Jo Sales Vanity Fair Sep 2013 25min Permalink
How the author, following up on a rumor, helped reignite the dormant investigation into the murder of Martha Moxley, a teenager who had been murdered nearly 25 years before in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair Oct 2000 35min Permalink
Adventures at a gathering of furries.
George Gurley Vanity Fair Mar 2001 30min Permalink
The legacy of a phantom bluesman.
Frank DiGiacomo Vanity Fair Nov 2008 35min Permalink
Fast cars and bad decisions in a race through Southern Europe known as the “Gumball 3000.”
George Gurley Vanity Fair Jun 2005 35min Permalink
The story of a lead squandered.
Kurt Eichenwald Vanity Fair Aug 2012 30min Permalink
Shortly before leaving Goldman Sachs, Sergey Aleynikov downloaded around 32mb of source code from their high-frequency stock-trading system. Even as he was sent away for an eight year bid in federal prison, no one seemed to fully understand exactly what he did.
Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Aug 2013 45min Permalink
Encounters with Albert DeSalvo, the self-confessed Boston Strangler.
Sebastian Junger Vanity Fair May 2006 35min Permalink
The story of the attack that killed U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, told from the persepctive of the security agents there to protect him.
Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz Vanity Fair Aug 2013 30min Permalink
The bizarre battle over the Call of Duty video game franchise.
Max Chafkin Vanity Fair Jun 2013 20min Permalink
Tracing a secretive cyber-war’s battles and casualties.
Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Jul 2013 30min Permalink
The story of a tobacco industry whistleblower.
Marie Brenner Vanity Fair May 1996 1h15min Permalink
Inside the Oscar Pistorius murder case.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair May 2013 30min Permalink
Solving the mystery of the corpse in the Eleganté Hotel.
Mark Bowden Vanity Fair May 2013 30min Permalink
On Felix Baumgartner and his 24-mile jump.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair May 2013 30min Permalink