The Harm Done
Amber BattsCall me stubborn: I keep tugging until the truth is clear. The Alaskan killer Brian Steven Smith is a failure with consequences. The Harm Done is my nonstop, receipt-heavy investigation. Come help me finish what Alaska wouldn’t start.
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Concealment of Murder
This expands upon a piece I submitted to the Alaska Beacon. You can read that here.
Alaska has a loophole big enough to bury a body in. Yes, that sounds dramatic until you look at the law, because if someone here in Alaska witnesses or kno...
He Targeted Sex Workers. Sex Workers Exposed Him.
Since Octavia Spencer’s Season 2 of The Lost Women series, The Lost Women of Alaska, aired on HBO Max and ID, much of the conversation surrounding the show has focused on MMIP, and it should.
But if we are going to talk about the Brian Ste...
Brian Steven Smith on Preventative Crime
This is a small part of a recorded interview I had with Brian Steven Smith at the Anchorage Correctional Complex on July 9, 2024.
Sorry for the very scratchy beginning.
It does get clearer.
In this recorded interview, I ask him about wh...
The Recording Devices Tell Their Own Story
Brian Steven Smith wasn’t a man who happened to have a phone camera and used it to record inhumane acts of violence. This was a man who had covert recording tools designed to make filming people easier to hide and harder to detect.
Detecti...
A Convicted Killer’s Other Recordings
DISCLAIMER: This work is mine, protected by copyright, so please don’t repurpose my writing or podcast. If you'd like to discuss, reach out. I’m happy to answer questions and collaborate.
If you don’t know about something that happ...
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Alaska stories with teeth. I write, I remember, I research. I write about violence, institutions, survival, sex work, and the quiet ways people disappear on paper, in policy, and in plain sight.
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