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Dean Jobb

Dean Jobb
Dean Jobb writes a true crime column for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and is the author of Empire of Deception, the true story of a master swindler who scammed the elite of 1920s Chicago. His new book, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream, now available from Algonquin Books and HarperCollins Canada, recreates the hunt for a Victorian Era serial killer who murdered as many as ten people in the U.S., Canada and England. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Follow him on Twitter: @DeanJobb.


The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History

Marthe Hanau was a savvy woman at the head of a financial empire. She wasn't going to be taken down without a fight.

December 3, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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In Victorian London, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Was a New Kind of Killer

Jack the Ripper wasn't the only serial killer stalking the city's vulnerable. In Lambeth, there was Dr. Cream.

July 15, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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“They Wanted Something for Nothing”: The Many Cons of the Yellow Kid

He was America's "greatest con man," self-proclaimed and widely celebrated. But what was the real story of Joseph Weil?

June 15, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

The Sinking of the I'm Alone

March 25, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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Henry More Smith: Canada's Forgotten Confidence Man and Escape Artist

The possibly true and all-but-forgotten story of a one-man crime wave.

January 6, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers

After killing off Sherlock Holmes, why did Arthur Conan Doyle take a detour into true crime writing with the story of a bloody mutiny?

November 20, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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Fraud of the Century: The Ponzi Scheme, 100 Years Later

In 1920, Boston’s Charles Ponzi gave a classic confidence trick its name. Why are investors still falling for such a notorious swindle?

August 11, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

In 1882, in Chicago's most opulent hotel, a woman shot a man dead. Her defense would start a citywide debate about morality.

July 20, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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The Bizarre Newspaper Hoax That Nearly Ruined Lizzie Borden

An old grudge between a detective and a reporter led to one of the strangest—and most damning—fake news stories of all-time.

April 30, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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10 of the Greatest Con Artist Movies of All-Time

Elaborate scams, bizarre slang, and hustlers of all stripes.

April 10, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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