At Lake Adelle, the Dead, the Missing and Those Left Behind
On the murder at Lake Adelle.
Drug Dealing
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Jesus's Cheese"
A murdered drug dealer; a neighborhood of colorful personalities.
“My Gang Is Jesus”
Rio de Janeiro drug gangs are embracing evangelical Christianity.
The Perfect Dealer
Customer feedback on the New York City coke dealing industry.
The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring
Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source—until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.
The Trials of White Boy Rick
Was one of Detroit’s most notorious criminals also one of the FBI’s most valuable informants?
Death By Instagram (7 Parts)
An investigation into a social media-fueled gang war in Detroit.
The Red Zone is part pharmacy, part killing field and part music studio where gang members peddled drugs, fought rivals and shot rap videos on street corners.
The House on the Corner
"The couple tried to make them leave. They complained to the police. When that didn’t work, they tried to build friendships, hoping they could charm the squatters into respecting their property. Sometimes, they hid in their house. For three years, the tension built. Until one sweltering summer night in 2016."
How America Lost the War on Drugs
An anatomy of a failure.
Queens of the Stoned Age
There are a thousand ways to buy weed in New York City, but the Green Angels devised a novel strategy for standing out: They hired models to be their dealers.
Code of Silence
Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.
A Criminal Mind
Dr. Joel Dreyer was a respected psychiatrist. Then he took a sudden turn to a life of drug dealing. Medicine might be able to explain why.
How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina
When all else failed, he commandeered a bus, and saved his neighbors. Now he’s in prison.
A Dazzling Priest’s Lurid Fall, to Drug Case Suspect
On the Connecticut priest who dealt methamphetamine from his church and ran a sex ring from his apartment.
The Gangster Princess of Beverly Hills
The rise and fall of Lisette Lee, the self-proclaimed “Korean Paris Hilton,” who was busted for drug trafficking.
The New Dealers
The unlikely people who’ve turned to selling weed in the recession.
Heroin.com: Selling Junk Online
How Craigslist dealers do business in New York City.
The One-Man Drug Company
Lenny makes $5,000 a week selling coke. It was easy to get into the business after finishing prep school. Getting out and going legit after his final score is proving much more difficult.
Too Weird for The Wire
When the Feds sought the death penalty for four African-American drug dealers in Baltimore, the accused found a defense in the unlikeliest of places: the legal theories of white supremacists.
