RABBIT HOLE
Human Extremes
These accounts examine the systems that let extreme conduct scale, and the legal or historical record that finally made it visible.
Key stories
18 evidence-led reads
A document-led account of MKULTRA using CIA records and the 1977 Senate hearing, with internet mythology kept separate from evidence.
A primary-source guide to Madoff’s plea, 150-year sentence, victim impact and the later recovery distributions documented by DOJ.
A court-record explainer of FTX, Alameda Research, customer funds, the federal conviction and the claims proved at trial.
An EPA-record guide to Volkswagen’s defeat devices, affected vehicles, court-approved settlements, mitigation and compliance controls.
A DOJ-source account of OneCoin’s fake cryptocurrency, multilevel-marketing network, prosecutions and the continuing search for Ruja Ignatova.
An NPS-source guide to the secret wartime system that linked uranium enrichment, plutonium production and weapons design.
A spoiler-light guide to ReelShort’s 50-episode AI motion comic, including its premise, completion status and official viewing route.
A source-checked guide to current dragon-fantasy titles listed by ReelShort, with premise notes and no invented casts or episode counts.
A source-led account of the Osage Reign of Terror, the headright system, William Hale’s conspiracy and the limits of the federal case.
A victim-centered guide to the 1978 Jonestown deaths, the Port Kaituma attack, FBI investigation and language that can conceal coercion.
A visual field guide to NASA’s Apollo 11 surface photographs, mission frames, scanning credits, captions and common misidentifications.
A primary-source timeline of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani from investor claims through civil enforcement and criminal judgments.
A document-led Enron timeline covering hidden debt, the 2001 bankruptcy, the federal task force, trial outcomes and victim recovery.
A primary-source guide to the Silk Road prosecution, trial, sentence, forfeiture and Ross Ulbricht’s full 2025 presidential pardon.
A Justice Department source map of the 1MDB scheme, international money laundering, forfeiture actions and funds returned to Malaysia.
A fact-labeled account of Cambridge Analytica, the GSRApp, Facebook friend data, voter profiling and the FTC’s final order.
A primary-source timeline of unauthorized Wells Fargo accounts, customer harm, regulatory penalties and the 2020 federal resolution.
An archival guide to the 1972 break-in, Senate inquiry, Watergate Road Map and the vast Special Prosecution Force records.
KEY PEOPLE & ENTITIES
Central Intelligence AgencyU.S. Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceSidney GottliebBernard L. MadoffU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkMadoff Victim FundFTXAlameda ResearchSamuel Bankman-FriedU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionVolkswagen AGU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClean Air ActOneCoin Ltd.Ruja IgnatovaKarl Sebastian GreenwoodFederal Bureau of InvestigationManhattan Project National Historical ParkOak RidgeHanfordLos AlamosReelShortTiffanyAsher SterlingSilvermoon PackSecret DragonThe Bride of the Dragon GodSavage Mates: Rise of the Beast QueenOsage NationAnna BrownMollie BurkhartWilliam HaleTom WhitePeoples TempleJim JonesLeo RyanLarry LaytonNASANeil ArmstrongBuzz AldrinMichael CollinsApollo 11TheranosElizabeth HolmesRamesh BalwaniEnronJeffrey SkillingRoss UlbrichtSilk RoadOffice of the Pardon Attorney1Malaysia Development BerhadU.S. Department of JusticeMalaysiaCambridge AnalyticaFederal Trade CommissionAleksandr KoganWells FargoConsumer Financial Protection BureauWatergateU.S. National ArchivesUnited States SenateRichard Nixon