crime
20 years after London’s deadliest bombings, extremist threat grows more complex
Coordinated bombings tore through London’s transport network 20 years ago, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds. In the years since, British security services say they’ve become far better equipped to detect and prevent such attacks. But the nature of the threat is more complex than ever.
The Woodsman
As part of their therapy, a group of sex offenders on probation in northern New York State have watched The Woodsman, a 2004 movie starring Kevin Bacon as a serial predator. What does Hollywood’s version of crime and redemption look like to a real-life offender? Produced by Gregory Warner.
Busted
In late January, 500 federal agents swooped down on art collections in southern California with warrants. The alleged crimes? The possession of smuggled art objects, looted mostly from Asian and Native American sites. Thomas Hoving, a former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (and a keen observer of dirty dealings in the art world), […]
Lee Israel
The biographer comes clean about her years as a literary con artist. Lee Israel was a pro at digging up letters by famous writers like Dorothy Parker and selling them for a good profit. It turns out that Israel was the one writing them. Kurt talks with Israel about her crimes, which she recounts in […]
