The Magazine

The Magazine

The brief, wondrous life of George Magazine—and the Gore Vidal essay deemed too risqué by John F. Kennedy Jr. Featuring: Hugo Lindgren and RoseMarie Terenzio. Additional Source Material Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss Daily Mail: Cindy...
The Stranger

The Stranger

A nuanced piece about the estranged daughter of one of the deadliest men in history gets offed by Vanity Fair—twice. Featuring: Nicholas Thompson. READ THE KILLED STORY “My Friend, Stalin’s Daughter,” The New Yorker, March 24, 2014. By Nicholas...
The Vibe

The Vibe

Vice ditches an oral history about the famously lit McCarren Park pool parties in Brooklyn. Featuring: Eleanor Cummins and Patrick Sauer. READ THE KILLED STORY “The McCarren Park Pool Parties: An Oral History,” We’ll Have to Pass, November 9, 2020....
The Pedophile

The Pedophile

New York assigns a piece meant to vindicate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?! Featuring: Featuring the fact checker who killed the story, Alex Yablon. Additional Source Material New York Magazine: New York’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2020 Netflix: Inventing Anna...
The Blueprint

The Blueprint

A journalist unlocks a secret in New York’s Chinatown; This American Life drops the hammer. Featuring: Aaron Reiss and Stephanie Foo. LISTEN TO THE KILLED STORY “A Road By Any Other Name,” This American Life, August 4, 2017. By Aaron Reiss and Jenny Ye...
The Neighbor

The Neighbor

The original tale of a trusting patient and his manipulative psychiatrist (now starring Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell) gets shivved by the New York Times. Featuring: Joe Nocera and Hugo Lindgren. LISTEN TO THE KILLED STORY The Shrink Next Door Podcast WATCH THE KILLED...