Feature Story Phoenix Magazine

Mainstream Mormons have been denouncing polygamy for more than a century, but the founder of the religion was all for it, even though it ultimately led to his death. What follows is a history of the radical belief, and as you’ll see, Smith’s death wasn’t the only legacy – for [...]

When Phoenix furniture mogul Terri Bowersock got the call that her mother was missing, she immediately suspected the worst. What she quickly learned, however, is that things were even worse than they seemed. So far, her mother’s body has never been found, but Terri knows that it’s buried somewhere in the [...]

Glen Campbell, AZSCAM, Winnie Ruth Judd, Miranda… Larry Debus is no stranger to high-profile cases. His favorites, though, involve Sheriff Joe. As you’ll see, he loves suing the sheriff, a man he considers audacious and unworthy of his ongoing popularity. […]

Scottsdale psychiatrist Steven Pitt is no stranger to high-profile cases – he did the “psychiatric autopsies” in the aftermath of the Columbine massacre. So, when the prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant rape case asked him to join the team, it wasn’t a big surprise. Although the criminal charges were eventually [...]

He’s the dean of Valley newscasters, a man synonymous with Channel 12. After 25 years, though, Kent Dana is moving on to greener pastures at Channel 5, where he’s signed a five-year contract that’s rumored to be worth about $650,000 per year. […]

The pink underwear and green bologna are one thing, but entrapping an inmate is going too far. That’s what a jury determined in the case of James Saville, a young man who’s suing the sheriff for $10 million for entrapment and wrongful incarceration. Chances are, he’ll collect something, but that’s [...]

Light rail, Prop. 200, ASU’s Downtown campus… there’s a lot going on in Phoenix. With that in mind, we sat down with Mayor Gordon – to get his thoughts on where things are headed. […]

Some say she’s too soft to run Arizona’s troubled prison system, while others say she’s an unflinching ramrod with the grit to get things done. Time will determine her legacy, but already, Dora Schriro has successfully managed the longest hostage crisis in U.S. history – and in the process, became the [...]

In 1945, the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing tens of thousands of Japanese civilians. Seven years later, it start-ed dropping bombs in Nevada, indirectly killing untold numbers of American civilians. No one knows for sure how many Arizonans have died from the fallout, but in Kingman, they’re still [...]

How in the hell did this happen? They called him the “snaggletooth killer,” insisting he left his bite mark on the breast of his beautiful victim. And it was on that bite alone that they convicted him – not once, but twice – and sent him to Arizona’s Death Row. [...]