Articles by: Lisa Riordan Seville

Storytelling

A view of Rue Oberkampf(Photo by Gueorgui Tcherednitchenko via Flickr)

To Tell the Truth

The way a narrative unfolds can offer insight beyond its facts

Writing the story of a 30-year-old murder case required piecing together conflicting accounts and faulty memories, filling some holes and finding that others must necessarily be left empty.

By Lisa Riordan Seville
Published: December 5, 2012
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City Stories

Unfair Fate

Unfair Fate

One murder, two families, and three decades in search of justice

On November 2, 1981, John Chase Wood Jr. stepped out of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for the last time into the mild autumn evening, wearing his white doctor’s coat. His life would end that night, but his story goes on.

By Lisa Riordan Seville
Published: November 1, 2012
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