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May 24, 2005 · In True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, disgraced New York Times writer Michael Finkel recounts the story of the murderer who assumed his identity and examines the reasons for his own fall from journalistic grace, in a memoir that is gripping, perceptive, and bizarre.
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Apr 15, 2015 · Back in 2002, journalist Michael Finkel was at the lowest point in his career. He'd recently been fired by The New York Times Magazine for creating a composite character for a story about...
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- Most Wanted
- Untangling A Web of Lies
- Longo on Trial
- In Search of The Truth
Christian Longo, wanted for killing his wife and three children in December 2001, made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, right alongside Osama bin Laden. It was an unlikely place for someone so apparently devoted to his family. The Longos came from Ypsilanti, Mich., where Chris was raised in a stable, middle-class home. He and MaryJane Baker were par...
As a fugitive in Mexico, Chris Longo did more than just tell people he was reporter Mike Finkel. "He was so good at it that he could speak about my stories, his stories, eloquently and convincingly," said Finkel. According to tourist Tom Taff, Longo, as Finkel, was actually on assignment. "He was working on Mayan mysticism. So, he was going to ruin...
One year after his arrest, Longo is about to stand trial for murdering his wife, MaryJane, and their three children. Finkel will be at the trial, eager to hear Longo's theory of the crime. "Longo had tipped me off that there might be a surprise the very first day of the trial," he said. It is one promise that Longo keeps. On Valentine's Day 2003, t...
Convicted of killing his wife and children, Chris Longo's fate now rests with jurors who will decide whether he gets life -- or death. "Should the defendant receive a death sentence?" Judge Huckleberry addressed the court. "To this question, the jury has answered 'yes.'" Yet, even now, Longo can't stay off the stage. "I'm starting to feel a remorse...
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Apr 16, 2015 · Finkel, a freelance journalist, was found to have created a composite character in a report for the New York Times and, in disgrace, retreated to rural Montana. There, he learned that a...
- Condé Nast
Apr 3, 2015 · After an alleged killer steals his identity, Mike Finkel decides the truth is worth searching for.
Apr 17, 2015 · In February 2002, the disgraced New York Times journalist Michael Finkel was hiding out in his home near Bozeman, Mont., alternating pacing, lying burrowed beneath his laundry, and clamping “my...
Mar 26, 2015 · In December 2001, Mike Finkel, a prolific New York Times Magazine journalist, was roped into the most bizarre story of his career. An Oregonian by the name of Christian Longo, who had been...
