FAUX ROMEO
He’s been sent to prison at least four times, escaped custody twice, and wouldn’t stop conning women with his get-rich-quick schemes—even while he was on the lam.
Natalie O’Neill is a journalist living in Portland, Oregon. She has previously been a staff reporter at the New York Post and has written for VICE, Playboy and Eater.
LOVE ON ICE
A very messy breakup between the husband-wife duo who run Europe’s only cryonics storage center has spiraled into brain heists and corpse-snatching.
SMALL-TOWN SCANDAL
When Emily Grover was named homecoming queen, the school accused her and her mom of hacking students’ accounts to cast votes. They face hefty sentences—but say they’ve been framed.
FAR-OUT FUNGI
As Oregon votes on legalizing magic mushrooms as a mental health treatment, shroom devotees tell us how psilocybin changed their lives forever.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Henry Lee testified in some of America’s biggest murder cases, from O.J. Simpson to JonBenet. But he’s been accused of botching evidence in multiple trials.
CONTAGIOUS
One mom vented: ‘Honestly what is wrong with people? Let’s eradicate a disease—but then bring it back just for fun because we’re a stupid society!’
‘NONSENSE’
Doctors say the worst isn’t over.
CANNABIS CRASH
“We oversaturated the market on every level."
Money Changes Everything
Jim Hayes won the jackpot of a lifetime and spent big on Lamborghinis and Vegas gambling trips. Then his life went south and he turned to crime.