Is She for Real?
On a cruise with Syvlia Browne, the controversial psychic famous for telling distraught parents where their missing children are.
On a cruise with Syvlia Browne, the controversial psychic famous for telling distraught parents where their missing children are.
Jon Ronson The Guardian Oct 2007 20min Permalink
On the American teenager who was kidnapped by Islamic militants while on vacation in the Philippines.
Susan Svrluga Washington Post Apr 2013 20min Permalink
An 88-year-old woman is taken from her Wisconsin farmhouse. Inside the investigation to find her.
Helen O'Neill AP Mar 2004 Permalink
The father of the first kid featured on a milk carton thinks he knows who kidnapped the him 30 years ago:
For years now, Stan has had a face to concentrate on; twice a year, in fact, on Etan’s birthday and on the anniversary of his disappearance, Stan sends one of the old lost child posters to a man who’s already in prison. He won’t be there much longer, however, unless the successor to Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau can keep him in jail. In the meantime, Stan’s packages serve notice that someone is still paying close attention. On the back of the poster, he always writes the same thing: “What did you do to my little boy?”
Lisa R. Cohen New York May 2009 15min Permalink
One day Nejdra Nance realized the woman she had called Mom for 23 years may have been at the center of one of the most harrowing kidnappings in decades—hers.
Robert Kolker New York Oct 2011 25min Permalink
A tony bedroom community in Los Angeles, a kidnapping gone horribly wrong, and the birth of a teenage fugitive.
Jesse Katz Los Angeles Feb 2002 35min Permalink
Two killers and one cop: The story of the LaMarca family, told over three generations.
Mike McAlary Esquire Sep 1997 30min Permalink
In 1960, beer heir Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and murdered. A look back at the crime and the man who committed it.
Robert Sanchez 5280 Feb 2009 25min Permalink
If your ex-spouse takes your child and hightails it abroad, the legal system often isn’t on your side. So what can you do? One option: hire a former Army ranger named Gus Zamora to take back your kid.
Nadya Labi The Atlantic Nov 2009 35min Permalink
For many immigrants coming through Arizona, it’s not enough to pay a coyote to shepherd you across the border. You also need to pay the ransom demanded by your kidnapper after you arrive.
Monica Alonzo The Phoenix New Times Aug 2010 30min Permalink
A woman posing as a non-profit worker kidnaps a formerly homeless pregnant woman and tries to claim her baby. [PART 2]
Liza Mundy Washington Post Jun 2010 Permalink
A woman posing as a non-profit worker kidnaps a formerly homeless pregnant woman and tries to claim her baby. [PART 1]
Liza Mundy Washington Post Jun 2010 10min Permalink