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A Town Gone Bad

State and local officials in Pennsylvania masterfully protect each other. Protecting kids and other vulnerable citizens? Not so much. Read all about what makes a town go bad...

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Who killed Jonathan Luna?

Our page devoted to illuminating and solving the murder of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Luna, first posted in 2005 and updated to this day. It’s a shocking, true-crime mystery whodunit. On December 3, 2003, young Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan Luna vanished from his desk in the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland. The next morning, shortly before dawn, Luna’s body was found face down in a cold stream outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. News reports would say he’d been stabbed thirty-six times....

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Dispatches from Nuclear America

“Time is playing tricks in the control room of Three Mile Island's Unit Two. For the men working there at 6:20 am, time seems to have gone haywire. First the stream of time increased its speed, then it stood still and reversed.” Startling dispatches from the nuclear front lines, and a nuclear meltdown survival guide.

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Miscellany

Miscellaneous writings and things that don’t fit anywhere else...

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The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna

Shortly before midnight, Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan Luna vanishes from his desk in the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland. The next morning, before dawn, his body is found face down in a cold stream outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He’s been stabbed dozens of times....

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The Sins of Our Fathers

In The Sins of Our Fathers, two young writers discover dark secrets about their hometown, and a century of hidden history leading to the public suicide of a state treasurer.

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The Wrong Car

On the hot summer evening of July 21 1969, while riding through York, Pennsylvania, with her family, Lillie Belle Allen was shot and murdered by a gang of teenaged boys before the watching eyes of police and many neighbors.

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The Meltdown

20-somethings looking for fun and adventure cross paths with a nuclear meltdown ...

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