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Dean Jobb
Esquire magazine recently selected Dean Jobb’s book Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation (Algonquin Books), the story of 1920s Chicago con artist Leo Koretz, as one of the 50 best biographies of all time. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College in Nova Scotia. Find him at www.deanjobb.com.
Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay
Was it an accident...or the first case of "aerial murder"?
The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.
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.
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.
“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?
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
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.
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?
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?
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