Longreads Best of 2017: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories.
我们要求作家和编辑在不同类别中选择一些他们今年最喜欢的故事。
Here is the best in crime reporting.
这是最好的犯罪报告。
Jeff MayshContributor to The Atlantic, Los Angeles Magazine, and The Daily Beast.
杰夫·梅什是《大西洋月刊》、《洛杉矶杂志》和《每日野兽报》的撰稿人。
Author of The Spy with No Name.
《无名间谍》的作者。
## Dirty John (Christopher Goffard, The Los Angeles Times)
## 肮脏的约翰（克里斯托弗·戈法德，《洛杉矶时报》）
I love a good villain, and my baddie of the year was John Meehan, a hazel-eyed Casanova who hid his murky past behind fake surgeon’s scrubs and a kaleidoscope of lies.
我喜欢一个好恶棍，而我的年度反派是约翰·米汉（John Meehan），一个淡褐色眼睛的卡萨诺瓦（Casanova），他将自己阴暗的过去隐藏在假外科医生的手术服和万花筒般的谎言后面。
This wannabe mobster lured a moneyed Orange County divorcée into a toxic relationship, creating an elevated psychodrama that recalled Gone Girl.
这位想成为黑帮的人引诱一位富有的奥兰治县离婚者陷入有毒关系，创造了一部让人想起《消失的爱人》的高调心理剧。
Delivered as a six-part narrative on the web, Dirty John was also accompanied by a six-part podcast.
《肮脏的约翰》在网络上以六部分的叙述形式发布，还附带一个六部分的播客。
Both were irresistible.
两者都令人无法抗拒。
Goffard’s spare prose kept this thriller racing towards its bloody end — the kind of murderous climax we were promised at the start of S-Town but never received — one that made an unlikely hero of a seemingly meek fan of The Walking Dead.
戈法德简洁的散文让这部惊悚片迅速走向了血腥的结局——就像我们在《S镇》一开始就承诺的那种凶残的高潮，但从未实现过——这让一个看似温顺的《行尸走肉》粉丝成为了一个不太可能的英雄。
Bravo to Goffard for divining this epic yarn from local news to national attention, and for his terrifying portrait of Meehan told through the eyes of his victims.
戈法德将这段史诗般的故事从当地新闻推向全国关注，并通过受害者的眼睛讲述了米汉的可怕肖像，这对戈法德来说真是太棒了。
This is the genius of the domestic horror genre: The monster is no longer under the bed but between the sheets.
这就是国内恐怖类型的天才之处：怪物不再在床底下，而是在床单之间。
Rachel MonroeContributor to The New Yorker, New York Magazine, and The New Republic.
雷切尔·梦露 (Rachel Monroe) 《纽约客》、《纽约杂志》和《新共和》的撰稿人。
Author a book on women, crime, and obsession will be published by Scribner in 2019.
创作一本关于女性、犯罪和痴迷的书，将于 2019 年由 Scribner 出版。
## The Tragic Story of a Texas Teen and the Marines Who Killed Him for No Reason (Sasha von Oldershausen, Splinter)
## 德克萨斯州青少年和无缘无故杀死他的海军陆战队的悲惨故事（萨沙·冯·奥德斯豪森，《分裂》）
Sarah MarshallContributor to Buzzfeed, The New Republic, and the Life of the Law podcast.
莎拉·马歇尔 (Sarah Marshall) 是 Buzzfeed、《新共和国》和《法律生活》播客的撰稿人。
## ‘I Am a Girl Now,’ Sage Smith Wrote.
## “我现在是一个女孩了，”塞奇·史密斯写道。
Then She Went Missing (Emma Eisenberg, Splinter)
然后她失踪了（艾玛·艾森伯格，《分裂》）
Reyhan HarmanciEditor, Topic
Reyhan Harmanci主题编辑
## Carl Ichan’s Failed Raid on Washington (Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker)
## 卡尔·伊坎对华盛顿的突袭失败（帕特里克·拉登·基夫，《纽约客》）
While it may not have been the juiciest crime story this year, Patrick Radden Keefe’s precise and damning piece on Carl Icahn’s stint in the Trump Administration chilled me more than I could have imagined.
虽然这可能不是今年最精彩的犯罪故事，但帕特里克·拉登·基夫 (Patrick Radden Keefe) 对卡尔·伊坎 (Carl Icahn) 在特朗普政府任职期间的精确而严厉的报道让我感到比我想象的更令人心寒。
This is how the world works: We’re being taken for fools while the Masters of the Universe move from private to public positions.
世界就是这样运作的：当宇宙的大师从私人职位转向公共职位时，我们被当作傻瓜了。
I can only hope to read about more financial crimes in 2018 that get appropriately punished.
我只能希望在 2018 年能看到更多的金融犯罪受到应有的惩罚。
Reeves WiedemanContributing editor, New York Magazine
Reeves Wiedeman《纽约杂志》特约编辑
## Unusual Suspect: The Rise and Fall of Owen Hanson, Former USC Athlete and Alleged Drug Kingpin (Eric Nusbaum, Vice)
## 不寻常嫌疑人：前南加州大学运动员和涉嫌毒枭的欧文·汉森的兴衰（埃里克·努斯鲍姆，副总统）
I like this piece because it tells the rollicking story of a USC football player turned international drug kingpin, complete with a strange cast of characters (just wait until R.J.
我喜欢这部作品，因为它讲述了一个南加州大学橄榄球运动员变成国际毒枭的有趣故事，还有一群奇怪的人物（只要等到 R.J.
Cipriani shows up.) It also captures something universal: that pretty much anyone is capable of turning to the dark side.
西普里亚尼出现了。）它还捕捉到了一些普遍性的东西：几乎任何人都有能力转向黑暗面。
Melissa Gira GrantWriter in residence at Fair Punishment Project’s In Justice Today, author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work
梅丽莎·吉拉·格兰特 (Melissa Gira Grant) 公平惩罚项目《今日正义》驻场作家，《扮演妓女：性工作的工作》一书的作者
## A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof (Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ)
## 最美国的恐怖分子：迪伦·鲁夫的制作（Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah，GQ）
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah intended to report on the lives of the nine people Roof killed at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
雷切尔·卡阿齐·甘萨 (Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah) 打算报道鲁夫在查尔斯顿的伊曼纽尔圣母教堂 (Mother Emanuel AME Church) 遇害的九人的生活。
But as the trial dragged on, she couldn’t get Roof out of her head.
但随着审判的拖延，她无法将鲁夫从脑海中抹去。
Reading this now, it is impossible to put any distance between Roof, the white supremacist groups on the march in American cities this year, and the reporting that sometimes made spectacles of their violence.
现在读到这篇文章，你不可能把今年在美国城市游行的白人至上主义团体鲁夫与有时令人震惊的暴力事件的报道区分开来。
Without it appearing exceptional or unimaginable, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah tells Roof’s story through the racist ideas of those who said they never even took Roof seriously.
雷切尔·卡齐·甘萨 (Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah) 通过那些自称从未认真对待过鲁夫的人的种族主义思想来讲述鲁夫的故事，但并不显得异常或难以想象。
Sarah WeinmanNews editor for Publishers Marketplace, contributor to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.
Sarah Weinman 出版商市场新闻编辑，《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、《洛杉矶时报》和《华盛顿邮报》的撰稿人。
Writing a book on the real-life crime that inspired Lolita.
写一本关于激发洛丽塔灵感的现实生活犯罪的书。
## The Mystery of Leslie Arnold (Henry Cordes, Omaha World-Herald)
## 莱斯利·阿诺德之谜（亨利·科德斯，《奥马哈世界先驱报》）
Most of my favorite crime stories of 2017 featured bylines that I’ve no doubt will appear elsewhere on this list, so I wanted to look beyond the national magazine landscape and find a more regional story.
2017 年我最喜欢的大多数犯罪故事都有署名，我毫无疑问会出现在这个列表的其他地方，所以我想超越全国性杂志的格局，寻找更具地区性的故事。
I specialize in mid-century crimes, so I was already game for Henry Cordes’ three-part Omaha World-Herald feature on Leslie Arnold, a 16-year-old boy who killed his parents in 1958, buried them in the backyard, started his prison sentence — and then escaped a decade later, never to be seen again.
我专门研究上世纪中叶的犯罪，所以我已经开始关注亨利·科德斯 (Henry Cordes) 拍摄的三集《奥马哈世界先驱报》专题片，该片讲述了莱斯利·阿诺德 (Leslie Arnold) 的故事。莱斯利·阿诺德是一名 16 岁男孩，他于 1958 年杀害了父母，将他们埋在后院，开始服刑，然后在十年后越狱，再也没有出现过。
This terrible crime turns into something more haunting, the nexus of family tragedy and correctional malfeasance.
这种可怕的犯罪变成了更令人难以忘怀的事情，家庭悲剧和惩教渎职行为的联系。
Cordes’ reporting is methodical and dogged, understated and humane, as one would expect of someone who has lived with a story for two-and-a-half decades.
科德斯的报道有条不紊、顽强、低调、人性化，正如人们对一个与一个故事生活了两年半的人所期望的那样。
I wonder if we’ll ever know what happened to Leslie, but more pressing are the people he left behind to grapple with his crimes and his flight.
我想知道我们是否会知道莱斯利发生了什么事，但更紧迫的是他留下的人与他的罪行和逃亡作斗争。
Matt GilesContributing editor and head fact checker, Longreads
Matt GilesLongreads 特约编辑兼首席事实核查员
## Name of the Father (Tim Struby, Victory Journal)
## 父亲的名字（蒂姆·斯特鲁比，胜利杂志）
Jarrod Tillinghast was one of the top boxers in the Northeast, launching left-handed cannons that decimated other would-be contenders in the 156-pound division.
贾罗德·蒂林哈斯特 (Jarrod Tillinghast) 是东北地区顶尖的拳击手之一，他在 156 磅级比赛中用左手投掷大炮，击败了其他潜在的竞争者。
But Tillinghast wasn’t just known in Providence or Boston for his skill on the canvas — he was also the son of Jerry Tillinghast, a notorious enforcer for mob boss Raymond Patriarca and a suspect in a handful of murders.
但蒂林哈斯特不仅在普罗维登斯或波士顿因其画布技巧而闻名，他还是杰里·蒂林哈斯特的儿子，杰里·蒂林哈斯特是黑帮老大雷蒙德·帕特里亚卡臭名昭著的执法者，也是多起谋杀案的嫌疑人。
Boxing was supposed to be the younger Tillinghast’s out, and Struby masterfully weaves the drama of a life caught between the streets, the ring, and his father’s shadow.
拳击本来应该是年轻的蒂林哈斯特的出路，而斯特鲁比巧妙地编织了一场夹在街道、拳击场和父亲阴影之间的生活戏剧。
Danielle TcholakianStaff writer, Longreads
丹妮尔·乔拉基安 (Danielle Tcholakian) 长篇读物特约撰稿人
## Portrait Of An American Mass Shooting (Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost)
## 美国大规模枪击事件的肖像（Melissa Jeltsen，《赫芬顿邮报》）
## America’s Mass Shooting Problem Is A Domestic Violence Problem (Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost)
## 美国的大规模枪击问题是一个家庭暴力问题（Melissa Jeltsen，《赫芬顿邮报》）
## The Day Domestic Violence Came To Church (Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost)
## 家庭暴力来到教会的那一天（Melissa Jeltsen，《赫芬顿邮报》）
Melissa Jeltsen has one of the most heartbreaking beats imaginable: domestic violence.
梅丽莎·耶尔森 (Melissa Jeltsen) 经历了可以想象到的最令人心碎的事情之一：家庭暴力。
Because of that, she’s had a front-row seat this year to the overlap among perpetrators of mass shootings and men who commit daily, habitual violence against those closest to them.
正因为如此，今年，她在大规模枪击案的肇事者和每天对最亲近的人实施习惯性暴力的男性之间的重叠方面占据了前排的位置。
She has the invaluable skill of writing beautifully about a difficult subject without sacrificing a crime reporter’s adherence to facts.
她拥有一种宝贵的技巧，能够在不牺牲犯罪记者对事实的坚持的情况下，优美地讲述一个困难的主题。
In “Portrait of an American Mass Shooting,” Jeltsen devoted several months to the murders of seven people in a small town in of Mississippi, several of whom were members of the same family.
在《美国大规模枪击事件的肖像》中，耶尔森花了几个月的时间记录了密西西比州一个小镇上七人被谋杀的故事，其中几人是同一家庭的成员。
“The high death toll made national headlines briefly and then faded out of the news cycle,” but Jeltsen stayed on the story, unraveling the details of how an abusive and controlling husband finally succeeded in isolating his wife and children from their family and community.
“高死亡人数短暂地成为全国头条新闻，然后就淡出了新闻周期，”但耶尔森继续关注这个故事，揭露了一个虐待和控制欲强的丈夫如何最终成功地将他的妻子和孩子与家庭和社区隔离的细节。
With “America’s Mass Shooting Problem Is a Domestic Violence Problem,” she partnered with her colleague Sara Ruiz-Grossman to tell the stories of all of the mass shootings since 2015 in which the alleged killer targeted a family member or intimate partner, or had a history of domestic violence.
在《美国的大规模枪击问题是家庭暴力问题》一书中，她与同事萨拉·鲁伊斯-格罗斯曼 (Sara Ruiz-Grossman) 合作，讲述了自 2015 年以来发生的所有大规模枪击事件，其中凶手的目标是家庭成员或亲密伴侣，或者有家庭暴力史。
Many of these tragedies never even made the news.
其中许多悲剧甚至从未登上新闻。
As she wrote in yet another story, “The Day Domestic Violence Came to Church:”
正如她在另一个故事“家庭暴力来到教堂的那一天”中写道：
We call it domestic violence, but the name may contribute to the problem.
我们称之为家庭暴力，但这个名称可能会加剧这个问题。
Merriam-Webster defines domestic as “of or relating to the household or the family.” Domestic chores, domestic happiness, it says.
《韦氏词典》将家庭定义为“属于家庭或家庭的或与之相关的”。它说，家务劳动，家庭幸福。
Private, not public.
私人的，不是公开的。
Everyone knows that domestic means shhhh.
大家都知道国内意味着嘘。
It means it’s nobody’s business until it is.
这意味着这与任何人无关。
In that last story, she covers another small-town mass murder, when a disgraced ex-Air Force veteran obtained a gun he should never have been able to purchase and brutally murdered 26 people in a small church in Sunderland, Texas — all to destroy his girlfriend’s life.
在最后一个故事中，她讲述了另一起小镇大规模谋杀案，一名名誉扫地的前空军老兵获得了一把他本不应该购买的枪，并在德克萨斯州桑德兰的一座小教堂里残忍地谋杀了 26 人——这一切都是为了毁掉他女朋友的生活。
Ethan ChielFact checker, Longreads
伊森·奇尔 (Ethan Chiel) 事实检查员，长读
## The Sorrow and the Shame of the Accidental Killer (Alice Gregory, The New Yorker)
## 意外杀手的悲伤与耻辱（爱丽丝·格雷戈里，《纽约客》）
Alice Gregory’s story about the psychological, social, and sometimes legal consequences of accidental killings is sometimes digressive but unrelenting.
艾丽丝·格雷戈里（Alice Gregory）关于意外杀人所造成的心理、社会，有时甚至是法律后果的故事有时离题，但毫不留情。
Gregory takes the time to lay out what it’s like for those who’ve accidentally killed someone to live with what they’ve done.
格雷戈里花时间阐述了那些不小心杀人的人如何承受自己所做的事情。
The piece is fascinating not just for the stories its subjects tell, or its wide-ranging consideration of the moral problems involved with accidental killings, but for its willingness to forego clean resolutions.
这篇文章的迷人之处不仅在于它的主题讲述的故事，或者它对意外杀人所涉及的道德问题的广泛思考，还在于它愿意放弃干净的解决方案。