Best of 2015: Crime Reporting

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When I was a senior in college, three teenagers from West Philly abducted me, robbed me, and threatened to kill me. It changed my life. Did it destroy theirs?

How a 29-year-old idealist built a global drug bazaar and became a murderous kingpin.

Craig Anderson was headed home to celebrate his birthday with his partner. Instead, he became the victim of a brutal and violent form of racism that many in Mississippi had thought long gone.

She told the family of a severely disabled man that she could help him to communicate with the outside world. The relationship that followed would lead to a criminal trial.

How a woman in Appalachia met the man of her dreams and became a pawn in a global crime scheme.

Nathan Heller explores a decades-old case: Two young lovers were convicted of a brutal slaying. Years later, why has the case become a cause?

Six months ago, a teenager was burned alive in a tiny Mississippi town. Police say they still don’t know who killed her or why, leaving the mystery in the hands of amateur online sleuths who may be doing more harm than good. When does a private tragedy become a public pastime?

Patrick Radden Keefe’s 2015 report on Gerry Adams and the notorious murders and secret burials that the I.R.A. claimed he authorized during the Troubles, in Northern Ireland.

Even those who are skeptical of scams may be surprised by the eye-popping payouts one Brooklyn man made to a Times Square psychic in hopes of being united with the woman he loved.