Crooked City: The Emerald Triangle
Journalist Sam Anderson learns that one of his high school classmates has been accused of murder in California, and travels west to find out what happened. Sam becomes immersed in the Emerald Triangle, the legendary home of pot growers, hippies, and outlaws. He discovers that his classmate became drawn into the orbit of a cultish and charismatic pot grower obsessed with psychedelic drugs.
Chapter One | The Death of Jesus Jeff
Deep in the forests of northern California, a man is found brutally murdered. Investigators set out to discover what happened.
Chapter Two | Outlaws
Reporter Sam Anderson moves back in with his parents in the suburbs of New Jersey to discover that a kid he grew up with is accused of a horrific murder. But all his friends say he’s innocent. Sam sets out to find the truth.
Chapter Three | Welcome to Weed World
Sam begins his investigation in the small California town where the murder happened. He falls in with an old friend of the victim, who takes him on a wild drug-fueled ride through outlaw country.
Chapter Four | Good ‘Ol Fashioned Public Records
Sam discovers a cache of original law enforcement tapes that promise to blow the case wide open. But when all the suspects point the finger at each other, it becomes unclear who to trust.
Chapter Five | Bad LSD
Fueled by anger, alcohol, and acid, the trimmers hatch their plot. Zach takes the cops to the scene of the crime and reveals who killed Jeff Settler.
Chapter Six | A Regular Kid from Pleasantville
Sam pays a visit to the Settler family in Texas, and investigates the background of Michael Kane, one of the key suspects.
Chapter Seven | Hill Crazy
Two of Jeff’s former workers describe the conditions on his pot farm, painting a dire portrait of acid, paranoia, and mayhem.
Chapter Eight | Broken Lies and a Missing Crystal
Two of the men who went to jail for Jeff’s death, Jesse Wells and Gary “Cricket” Blank, tell their side of the story. And it’s not looking good for Zach.
Chapter Nine | WTF Happened on that Mountain
Sam goes through the evidence with Detective Matt Croskey and separates the truth from the lies. But there’s one question even Croskey can’t solve.
Chapter Ten | The End of the Road
Sam investigates a mysterious theory called the green light, before infiltrating Jeff’s pot farm and searching for meaning on top of the mountain.