Brainrot, Not Ideology
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
True Crime
A collection of 10 posts
The Murder of Iryna Zarutska
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
Jukka Savolainen
· 7 min read
The Kind of Man Your Mother Warned You About
Why women love true crime.
Robert King
· 10 min read
A Murder in Namibia
How two bungling American assassins travelled over 7,000 miles to settle a grudge, and then turned their trial into a nine-year circus.
Dan Kowalski
· 15 min read
Howard Men
Prince Jones, Carlton Jones, and the evasions of Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Adam Gussow
· 58 min read
The Status Game: Male, Grandiose, Humiliated
When grandiose men are humiliated, the fallout turns catastrophic.
Will Storr
· 15 min read
Fabricated Innocence
The self-exoneration and re-incrimination of Jens Soering.
Andrew Hammel
· 42 min read
Convictions and Doubts: The Case of Cardinal Pell
Several factors cast doubt on the accuracy and/or veracity of the complainant’s account.
RJ Smith
· 14 min read
‘Jared’ and ‘Kate’: A False-Allegation #MeToo Saga That Police and Prosecutors Got Right
It’s rare for police to take any action against a woman who claims that she was sexually assaulted, even when there is evidence that she is lying.
Diana Davison
· 10 min read
Here Comes the Story of the Hurricane
The subject of Bob Dylan’s famous 1976 protest song was probably guilty.
Lona Manning
· 26 min read