This Ship Doesn’t Go Around the Ice. It Goes Through It
Imagine a ship pushing through the Arctic, surrounded by ice thick enough to stop ordinary vessels in their tracks. Now add two nuclear reactors, three propellers and…
The Sports Car Built With Aluminum, a BMW Engine—and Wood
A modern sports car with an aluminum chassis, advanced electronics and a BMW turbocharged engine sounds completely ordinary. Then you look beneath the body and discover something…
Jeju Island Police Scandal: He Closed Missing-Person Cases to Avoid More Work
A police officer on South Korea’s Jeju Island is accused of closing missing-person cases simply to avoid more work. Then four people reported missing were found dead…
A Routine Trip to the Vet Became a Woman’s Chance to Escape
For two days, Carolyn Reichle was allegedly trapped inside her own home with a man who had a gun. She couldn’t call police, couldn’t simply walk out…
He Failed to Show Up for Sentencing. Then a California Deputy Was Dead
He was already facing 25 years to life. Then California let him back onto the streets. William Shea McKay had been convicted in a third-strike case, later…
She Came to Care for Three Dogs. She Never Made It Home
She went to a Texas home to do something completely ordinary: watch three dogs. Minutes later, 23-year-old Madison Riley Hull was fighting for her life in the…
Four Men Were Trapped Underwater. Their Rescuers Were Told Not to Go In
Five commercial divers went underwater off Trinidad on February 25, 2022, expecting to carry out maintenance on an oil pipeline at the Paria Fuel Trading Company facility….
The $18 Million House That Almost Disappears Into the California Desert
A house worth $18 million would normally be designed to make sure everyone notices it. This one does the opposite. Built in Joshua Tree, California, the Invisible…
The Vajont Disaster: The Dam Survived. The Town Below It Didn’t
The dam never collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people died anyway. On a clear October night in 1963, an enormous section of mountain suddenly crashed into Italy’s Vajont reservoir,…
Police Wanted O.J. Simpson. Then He Disappeared in a White Ford Bronco
O.J. Simpson had once been one of the fastest men in America. In June 1994, police were hunting him as a suspect in the killings of his…