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Keith Roysdon

Keith Roysdon
Keith Roysdon is a lifelong writer whose Tennessee-set crime novel “Seven Angels” won the 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter. His third co-authored true crime book, “The Westside Park Murders,” won the 2021 Best Non-Fiction Book award from Indiana Society of Professional Journalists. He writes news and pop culture pieces for several websites and is at work on another true crime book as well as a YA crime novel set in October 1984. 


7 Crime Movies That Should Have Been the First in a Series

One movie wasn't enough. We wanted more.

January 6, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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‘The Name of the Game’: The Vintage Show That Asked, What if People Magazine Writers Solved Crimes?

In a crowded field of cops and detectives, these TV journalists followed a different path.

October 20, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Ed Gein, inspiration for ‘Psycho’ and ‘Chainsaw,’ was a real-life horror show

Keith Roysdon on the life and legacy of one of America's most notorious killers.

September 27, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV

‘The Edge of Night’ gave soap viewers daily murder and mayhem

August 24, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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The Lost History of America's Traveling "Ghost Shows"

Ghost shows were a hybrid of movie, magic act and séance and they ruled late nights across America

August 18, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Five of the Best Unexpected Crime Movies of All-Time

Sometimes with great movies, the crime elements manage to catch you off guard.

July 29, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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How Quinn Martin and His Crime Shows Came to Dominate 1970s TV

The prolific producer put his mark on crime TV—then Hollywood wouldn't let him do anything different..

July 22, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Norman Lloyd, King of the Hitchcock Collaborators

He performed one of the most famous deaths in cinema. He went on to a very long life, collaborating with the great director.

June 24, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

Keith Roysdon on a once wildly popular, now mostly forgotten art.

May 13, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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How ‘Satanic Panic’ Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s

TV movies, breathless news reports, and amateur symbologists all played a part in the panic's mysterious spread through 1980s America.

April 8, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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