Murder
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Letter from the U.K.
Medieval Oxford’s Murder Problem
The university town used to have a murder rate roughly equal to that of present-day New Orleans. What can it tell us about the nature of violence today?
This Week in Fiction
Fiona McFarlane on Murder’s Ripple Effects
The author discusses her story “Hostel.”
Letter from the Southwest
Is There Hope for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?
A hashtag and a political campaign have brought attention to the epidemic of violence, but a New Mexico woman is fighting case by case.
2023 in Review
The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2023
The articles that sustained the longest hold on readers during a year when many avoided the news.
California Chronicles
The Trial of the Malibu Shooter
Anthony Rauda, who was accused of terrorizing residents of Malibu, one of California’s wealthiest and safest communities, has been convicted of killing a man sleeping in a tent with his two young daughters.
Sports
Why Were Two Female Running Champions Killed in Kenya?
Iten, a small town in the Great Rift Valley, became the long-distance-running capital of the world. Then, within a span of six months, two élite athletes were found dead.
A Reporter at Large
The Covert Mission to Solve a Mexican Journalist’s Murder
After the death of a reporter who investigated narcopolitics, her colleagues formed a secret collective to bring the killers to justice—and challenge a culture of impunity.
Annals of Medicine
What We Still Don’t Understand About Postpartum Psychosis
The recent tragedy surrounding Lindsay Clancy and her children underscores popular misconceptions about a grave and mysterious disorder.
Page-Turner
Who Decides What a Family Is?
Roxanna Asgarian’s new book investigates the role that the child-welfare system played in the murders of six adopted kids.
News Desk
The Lingering Mystery of the Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial
The jury reached a guilty verdict in less than three hours, but for many observers the human element of the story didn’t quite add up.
Page-Turner
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder
An excerpt from “The Wager,” which reconstructs an eighteenth-century British naval expedition whose catastrophic end inspired numerous conflicting accounts—and influenced the work of Charles Darwin and Herman Melville.
A Reporter at Large
When Law Enforcement Alone Can’t Stop the Violence
Amid a murder crisis in America, community-based solutions have received a flood of funding. How effective are they?
Letter from South Carolina
The Corrupt World Behind the Murdaugh Murders
In isolated, poor regions of South Carolina, coming from an élite family offered a feeling of impunity. Did this license lead Alex Murdaugh to commit fraud after fraud—and then kill his wife and son?
Daily Comment
Two Murders in the Amazon
The disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, and the crisis created by Jair Bolsonaro’s policies.
Daily Comment
Would Showing Graphic Images of Mass Shootings Spur Action to Stop Them?
Returning to an old debate after the horrific killings in Uvalde, Texas.
The Daily
Crime, Anxiety, and the Story of the New York City Subway
Eric Lach talks about his recent reporting at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station, in Queens.
Letter from the U.K.
The Misogyny That Led to the Fall of London’s Police Commissioner
Cressida Dick was supposed to be a pioneering reformer, but she couldn’t overcome the culture of the force.
News Desk
The Murder of Mexican Journalists Spreads to a Magical Town
A magazine editor in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a mecca for tourists and expats, falls victim to a relentless wave of violence against the press.
American Chronicles
The Long Afterlife of a Terrible Crime
Decades after her mother was killed, Regina Alexander reached out to the son of the people who did it.
Shouts & Murmurs
The Accident Claus
She was one of those broads who make you feel naughty and nice all over.