“American Gigolo,” Chicago magazine

The story of Johnny Stompanato, the small-time mobster stabbed to death in the bedroom of movie goddess Lana Turner—one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals. Babcock grew up in the same small Illinois town as Stompanato.

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2008/american-gigolo/

“Prince of the City,” Chicago magazine 

The 1930 murder of a popular Chicago Tribune reporter looked like a case of mob retribution against a truthteller. The facts that leached out told a different story, one that’s arguably impacted the city to this day

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2009/prince-of-the-city-the-mysterious-mob-hit-on-1920s-tribune-reporter-jake-lingle/

“Give It Up, Cubs Fans,” Chicago magazine

Twenty years before the Cubs World Series win in 2016, Babcock investigated the team’s history-defying record of losing.

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-1996/the-87-year-itch/

“Backroom,” Chicago magazine

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Chicago magazine interviewed its former longtime editor.

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2020/richard-babcock/

“After El Chapo,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

A federal prosecutor in Chicago, fighting his personal demons, helps crack the case against the notorious drug dealer.

https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/tom-shakeshaft-after-el-chapo

“Capital Business,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

An examination of why Bruce Rauner, a promising Illinois governor with a long career in venture capital, struggled through his lone term.

https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2021/5/capital-business

“A Tragedy Runs Through It,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

The writer and expert fly-fisherman Paul Maclean lived hard, died young, and became the central character in one of the country’s great novels, A River Runs Through It, by Paul’s brother, Norman Maclean

https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2021/3/a-tragedy-runs-through-it