Now and then at the grocery store, they see him—the man who falsely accused them of murder. Bob Kolker on how the investigation into one of the most infamous killings in Hawaii history went so wrong: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"These towns were small enough already. For decades the Schweitzers were the area’s greatest villains; now they run into people and those people are nice." Bob Kolker @theatlantic #longreads theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Sea Control 488 - "(Watson) started out as the villain of the disaster and, as soon as he took the blame, he was the hero." Bob Kolker and Jared W Samuelson dive deep into the Navy's disaster at Honda Point, the largest loss of ships in US Navy history.​ cimsec.org/sea-control-48…

I was excited to be invited to be part of "The Night Editor," a small, salon-style literary event hosted by Mitch Moxley and David Gauvey Herbert. Come join us on Thu May 16 - tickets available here 😀eventbrite.com/e/the-night-ed… @Eventbrite

Grateful to Bob Kolker. These women didn't die because they were sex workers. They died because a predator murdered them. Instead of mitigating occupational harm, we view sex work as a failing, a moral misstep, and imply these women are somehow complicit in their own killings.

His notes to self are appalling and sometimes mundane: choose smaller victims; try to hit them harder; make sure to get a good night’s sleep beforehand (!)

Check out my essay on "The Real World," adapted from "Cue The Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV." This is the true story of the true story of 7 strangers picked to live in a house... & the crazy Gen X authenticity battle that nearly tanked it, early on. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

From the streets to jails to hospitals to the streets again — when will the cycle end? I’m excited to be moderating this online forum on Aug 1 about how best to stop the criminalization of mental illness. Please join us :) Sozosei Foundation Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

This story only gets wilder -- update is coming

*Today* at noon ET, I’m moderating this forum with an amazing panel of experts and advocates. Registration info is below - hope you can join us 😀 Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Sozosei Foundation

New from me: My December The Atlantic piece about a brutal miscarriage of justice in Hawaii now has a stunning coda that you simply won’t believe (or at least I didn’t)

“Lawson knew that if Lauro wasn’t in jail, there was one other place he might be.” Bob Kolker on the story of a murder investigation that’s been going wrong for 33 years. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Our Literary Thursdays series continues with Bob Kolker, author of "Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family." Join us on September 5 at 6PM! queenslibrary.org/calendar/liter…

LM Live's first event of the season will peek into the journalism behind film and TV hits like "Hustlers" and "Inventing Anna." with Bob Kolker & Jessica Pressler twn.nyc/blog090924