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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Roysdon is a lifelong writer whose Tennessee-set crime novel “Seven Angels” won the 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter.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.
The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV
‘The Edge of Night’ gave soap viewers daily murder and mayhem
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
Five of the Best Unexpected Crime Movies of All-Time
Sometimes with great movies, the crime elements manage to catch you off guard.
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..
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.
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.
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.
What's the Greatest Newspaper Crime Movie Ever Made?
Newsman Keith Roysdon investigates a favorite sub-genre of crime.
Vampire noir came into
its own 50 years ago
with The Night Stalker
The 70s classic tells of gritty, down-on-his luck reporter Carl Kolchak who finds himself investigating an impossible crime.
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