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Crime and Publishing »
Inside the darkly humorous world of the Lufkin Daily News police blotter.
October 2012 by Sonia Smith
A Q&A With Skip Hollandsworth »
The executive editor on Jeffrey and Yvonne Stern and their murder-for-hire story, hit men, and the standard male midlife crisis.
February 2012 by Ariel Min
Sex, Lies, and Hit Men! »
Yvonne Stern knows that her husband, the wealthy Houston attorney Jeffrey Stern, had a steamy affair with a woman named Michelle Gaiser. And she knows full well that two years ago Gaiser hired a series of men to kill her. But she refuses to believe that Jeffrey was in on the plan.
February 2012 by Skip Hollandsworth
Courtroom Drama »
Some of the biggest murder trials have happened in Texas, from proceedings against serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Charles Harrelson to housewives Darlie Routier and Candy Montgomery. Find out what TEXAS MONTHLY had to say about some of the most infamous Texans who were tried for murder.
January 2012
Peggy Railey »
The wife of a prominent Dallas minister, who was left for dead some 24 years ago in her garage, finally dies after spending years in a nursing home in Tyler.
January 2012
A Q&A With Skip Hollandsworth »
The executive editor on writing about prostitutes, working with detectives, and recreating scenes.
December 2011 Interview by Stephanie Kuo
“If the Serial Killer Gets Us, He Gets Us” »
Police had all but given up looking into a pair of assaults against two prostitutes in the Houston neighborhood of Acres Homes. But when a third turned up dead, investigator Darcus Shorten embarked on a search that revealed a brutal reality.
December 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
The Sex Files
Images and newspaper clippings from a case involving a series of brutal assaults on prostitutes in Acres Homes, a decaying Houston neighborhood. No one knew just how difficult the case would be to solve.
December 2011
Unsolved Mystery »
It has been twenty years since four teenage girls were murdered in a north Austin yogurt shop—and still no answers.
December 2011 by Michael Hall
Who Killed Mary Eula Sears? »
In 1982 a man named Wayne East was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of one of Abilene’s most prominent citizens. To this day, he maintains his innocence. And one member of the victim’s family believes him.
November 2011 by Michael Hall
A Q&A With Michael Hall »
The senior editor on writing about Mary Eula Sears, talking to relatives of the deceased, and dealing with sensitive issues.
November 2011 Interview by Stephanie Kuo
An Update to the Mary Eula Sears Case »
The convicted killer of a prominent Abilene resident is set to be released.
November 2011 by Michael Hall
Special Condition Z Blocks Wayne East’s Release »
Abilene law enforcement officials don’t want the convicted murderer back in their part of the state.
November 2011 by Michael Hall
The Missing »
For the women of Juárez, the terror of kidnapping—and worse—has never ended. Will it ever?
September 2011 by Cecilia Ballí
The Worst Hard Time »
My hometown of Cleveland has become the most disgraced community in America because of a brutal, unspeakable crime that has set everyone against one another.
July 2011 by Jan Jarboe Russell
An Absolute Honest-to-God Texas Frame-up »
The “Mineola Swingers Club” cases come to a disgraceful end.
June 2011 by Michael Hall
Church Burners »
Why did Jason Bourque and Daniel McAllister, two Baptist boys from East Texas, set fire to ten churches across three counties last year?
May 2011 by Pamela Colloff
A Q&A With Pamela Colloff »
The executive editor, who wrote this month's story about the East Texas church fires, on getting subjects to talk, interviewing people behind bars, and defining turning points.
May 2011 Interview by Layne Lynch
The Lost Boys »
It was the most shocking crime of its day, 27 boys from the same part of town kidnapped, tortured, and killed by an affable neighbor named Dean Corll. Forty years later, it remains one of the least understood—or talked about—chapters in Houston's history.
April 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
A Closer Look at One of Dean Corll’s Victims »
Dorothy Hilligiest's son David disappeared one day in 1971. She spent her days and nights searching for him, following leads, and eagerly awaiting his return. And then she found out about Dean Corll, one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.
April 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
A Lost Boys Slide Show
In December 1970 two teenage boys disappeared from the Heights neighborhood in Houston. Then another and another and another. A slide show of images from the state's most horrific mass murder.
April 2011
The Houston Mass Murders: What Really Happened »
A Q&A with Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Lost Boys.”
April 2011 Interview by Austin Kurth
Latest News on the Corll Investigation »
Researchers have discovered a mistaken identity and another possible victim.
April 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
Rich Man, Poor Man »
The tragic culture clash that led to the murder of a governor’s son.
January 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
Angels and Devils »
CBS’s 48 Hours fills in the final chapters of the notorious Matt Baker.
November 2010 by Skip Hollandsworth
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