Cole KazdininMEL MagazineInside Prison ‘Shark Tank,’ the Program Where Inmates Become EntrepreneursA few dozen inmates have gathered in the gymnasium at Kern Valley State Prison to meet a group of business executives and venture…10 min read·Apr 18, 2018--1--1
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineThe Jailhouse Confessions of the Female Grifter Who Beheaded a Korean War VetTwenty years ago, Jack Irwin went missing from the rural California home that he shared with Marcia Johnson and her girlfriend. The…25 min read·Dec 5, 2017----
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineFrom Exposed Nipples to the ‘6-Foot Rule,’ Why Strip Club Regulation Varies So Much From Place to…In an article entitled “The ABCs of SOBs” (SOBs being “sexually oriented businesses”), attorney Scott Bergthold lays out guidelines on how…5 min read·Nov 7, 2017--2--2
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineThe Consensual Sex Acts That Can Get You Kicked Out of the MilitaryThreesomes, adultery and even flirting can result in a dishonorable discharge7 min read·Nov 1, 2017----
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineDead by the Sword of the Former Red Power RangerRicardo Medina pled guilty in March to killing his roommate with a nearly 3-foot blade. He said it was self-defense; the victim’s family…23 min read·May 30, 2017--5--5
Cole KazdininMEL Magazine‘Gomorrah’ is the Best Thing About the Mob Since ‘The Sopranos’When Pietro Savastano pulls out his dick in a nightclub, pisses into a champagne glass and asks his lieutenant, Ciro, to drink it to prove…3 min read·Apr 25, 2017--1--1
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineI Turned My Dad’s Erotica Into a Blockbuster PodcastOn the hit podcast ‘My Dad Wrote a Porno’, Jamie Morton lovingly mocks his dad’s ‘50-Shades’-inspired books9 min read·Mar 15, 2017----
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineThe Man Who Killed His Best Friend—At the Dead Man’s RequestChildhood friends; a rape; a murder; a trial; and the lingering question of whether it was really an act of compassion19 min read·Feb 28, 2017----
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineThis Robotic Football Dummy Won’t Get a Concussion When You Tackle ItCan the Mobile Virtual Player make the game safer?6 min read·Feb 2, 2017----
Cole KazdininMEL MagazineWhat Happened to Aaron Robertson’s Sperm?The sperm bank lost six vials deposited before his death in 2004. Now his wife is convinced another family ended up with it9 min read·Dec 12, 2016----