The Alien and the Fawn
Accusations of sexual harassment upended the career of award-winning Hollywood composer Danny Elfman. But what really happened between him and his accuser?
Ticking Time Bomb
Inside a chilling campaign of homemade explosives and escalating ransom threats with an unexpected target: Switzerland’s most storied watchmaker, Patek Philippe
A Broke Hallelujah
In the latest twist in a lengthy legal battle, Leonard Cohen’s children have accused their father’s former lawyer of siphoning millions from the singer’s estate
How to Almost Get Away with Murder
A group of transgender, ex-Google “radical vegans”—armed with ammunition belts—are quickly shaping up to be a 21st-century Manson family
In Bad Faith
The only stone left unturned in the Baldoni-Lively saga seems to be Baldoni’s Baha’i faith, an obscure religion that touts unity and forbids backbiting
Trump’s Mini-Me
Paolo Zampolli, the former modeling agent who introduced Melania to Donald, has stayed in the Mar-a-Lago circle, anticipating and echoing the president’s foreign-policy views
It Never Ends with Them
As their frenzied mudslinging intensifies, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni seem to share a single goal: mutually assured destruction
Tommy Supreme and the Blitz
Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He was also one of the world’s highest-rolling—and most reckless—poker players. Then his worlds collided
The Princess Bribes
Swindlers on TikTok are impersonating 19-year-old Princess Leonor, the much-beloved heir to the Spanish throne—and cheating her fans out of hundreds of dollars
From Brad to Worse
How a scammer impersonating Brad Pitt used A.I. imagery to seduce a wealthy French divorcée—and then conned her out of almost $1 million
The Health-Care Blame Game
Brian Thompson’s murder revealed a simmering rage toward the insurance industry. But are health executives responsible for the public’s woes or are they just well-paid cogs?
The Perfect Spy
Newly declassified files offer a rare glimpse into the mind of Kim Philby, a K.G.B. mole within M.I.6 who was arguably Britain’s greatest traitor
My Father, the Monster
In an excerpt from her new memoir, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot explains exactly how she discovered her father’s crimes—in horrifying detail
It Ends with War
The alleged abuse on the set of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s star-crossed film was only the beginning of a scandal that has now captivated Hollywood
Robbing the Rich
Burglaries of the high-profile are on the rise across Europe—Prince William, Kim Kardashian, and Anya Taylor-Joy are among the victims
Missionary Positions
The Christian right spent millions to smear Dr. Mary Calderone, a 1960s sex-education activist. Now the issues Calderone campaigned for are under fire again—this time from the incoming Trump administration
The Unwitting Muse
Can you steal someone’s life story? A lawsuit in France—against an award-winning novelist—seeks to find out
To Catch a Manuscript Thief
The shocking leak of Pope Francis’s closely guarded autobiography bears uncanny similarities to an infamous publishing swindler’s modus operandi
Hijacking the Influencers
A new type of online scam targets influencers and porn stars—by seizing control of social-media accounts and holding them hostage
The Boss from Hell
Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back
The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin
Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?
The Sins of the Father
The rape trial of Dominique Pelicot has shocked France. But the story has gotten even darker with the revelation that Pelicot may have drugged and abused his own daughter
There’s No Place Like Ontario Place
Once home to a public park and architectural marvels, an island off the shore of the idyllic Lake Ontario is being turned into a big-budget spa, to the ire of some locals
Twisted Sister
A nun named Gertrude is the face of one of the buzziest craft breweries in Belgium. But in a previous life, she conspired to commit genocide in Rwanda
