AltWeeklies Wire
Who Shot Chris Heben?new
The strange tale of a former Navy SEAL and the suburban shopping plaza shooting that never happened.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
11-20-2014 |
Features
Freedom Trollsnew

The legally obnoxious antics of the activists behind 'Cop Block.'
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
04-14-2014 |
Features
The Battle for East Clevelandnew
With bankruptcy looming (again) and merger talks heating up, a look at how East Cleveland arrived here and what might be next
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy, Sam Allard, Vince Grzegorek and Doug Brown |
03-26-2014 |
Policy Issues
A Traffic Ticket and a Bullet Through the Chestnew
As the feds investigate the Cleveland Police Department's use of deadly force, another story emerges of an unarmed man shot by cops in one of downtown's busiest entertainment districts.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
03-07-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Brothel of Bedfordnew

A behind-closed-doors look at a corrupt network of prostitution customers - and the investigation that brought them down.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
01-29-2014 |
Features
The Paranoid and Obsessive Life of a Mid-Level Bookienew
"When you win and win big, there isn't a better feeling in the world — you're on cloud fuckin' thirty-nine. You want to pop bottles of champagne in the basement because Hawaii won some game."
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
12-12-2013 |
Features
Turmoil at the Museumnew
Inside the affair, suicide and abrupt resignation that rocked the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard and Doug Brown |
11-13-2013 |
Features
The Never-Ending Pain of the Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files'new

A former Scoutmaster confesses to decades of molestations that happened as the Scouts looked the other way; a victim explains the trauma endured at the hands of another troop leader.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
07-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Boy Scouts Sex Abuse