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See Vanity Fair's excellent long-form article "The Body in Room 348" for a real life example! https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hot

See Vanity Fair's excellent long-form article "The Body in Room 348" for a real life example! https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hotel-texas-murder https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegan...

Ma8ee 5y ago
Without reading mode, that site is unusable. All those animated ads and banners are the blink tag all over again.
- sleightofmind 5y ago
  I find Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, followed by a visit to my favorite text editor often works like a champ -- even when scrolling is disabled and only a paragraph or two is visible.
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  > Without reading mode You answered yourself. Read View is great even with well-behaved sites, use it generously. Edit: I retract my comment, Reader View shows about the last third of the article, and I had already blocked JavaScript there in a previous interaction. Vanity Fair sucks.
  - copperx 5y ago
    Or is it reader view the one that sucks?
    - ASalazarMX 5y ago
      It's the first case I've seen where Reader View shows incomplete content, and I use it almost daily because it makes long reads very comfortable. It might be that Reader View sucks, but I'm more inclined to blame Vanity Fair in this case.
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- whacim 5y ago
  Here is an alternate version of the story. https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-fleniken/ https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-flenik...
sleightofmind 5y ago
Calling that article excellent is almost understatement. One of the most fascinating true crime articles I've read. Thanks for reminding me of it.
- leobg 5y ago
  Excellent read indeed. Do you know any more that wood be at least in the same league?
  - sleightofmind 5y ago
    Don't know where to find it, but I read another such mystery involving the same real life detective, that involved a girl who when into a motel, and never came out. I'm sure someone will know what I'm referring to. OK, found it. And Ken Brennan is the stuff legends are made of. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/12/vanishing-blonde-201012 https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/12/vanishing-blonde-... Also, I read "In Cold Blood" in its original serial format in the New Yorker, and it was quite good (and long -- for a magazine).
ghosty141 5y ago
this was a great read. I just had to keep reading, almost felt like following the people solving the mystery.

Ma8ee 5y ago

Without reading mode, that site is unusable. All those animated ads and banners are the blink tag all over again.

sleightofmind 5y ago
I find Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, followed by a visit to my favorite text editor often works like a champ -- even when scrolling is disabled and only a paragraph or two is visible.
ASalazarMX 5y ago
> Without reading mode You answered yourself. Read View is great even with well-behaved sites, use it generously. Edit: I retract my comment, Reader View shows about the last third of the article, and I had already blocked JavaScript there in a previous interaction. Vanity Fair sucks.
- copperx 5y ago
  Or is it reader view the one that sucks?
  - ASalazarMX 5y ago
    It's the first case I've seen where Reader View shows incomplete content, and I use it almost daily because it makes long reads very comfortable. It might be that Reader View sucks, but I'm more inclined to blame Vanity Fair in this case.
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whacim 5y ago
Here is an alternate version of the story. https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-fleniken/ https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-flenik...

sleightofmind 5y ago

Calling that article excellent is almost understatement. One of the most fascinating true crime articles I've read. Thanks for reminding me of it.

leobg 5y ago
Excellent read indeed. Do you know any more that wood be at least in the same league?
- sleightofmind 5y ago
  Don't know where to find it, but I read another such mystery involving the same real life detective, that involved a girl who when into a motel, and never came out. I'm sure someone will know what I'm referring to. OK, found it. And Ken Brennan is the stuff legends are made of. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/12/vanishing-blonde-201012 https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/12/vanishing-blonde-... Also, I read "In Cold Blood" in its original serial format in the New Yorker, and it was quite good (and long -- for a magazine).

ghosty141 5y ago

this was a great read. I just had to keep reading, almost felt like following the people solving the mystery.