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Keith Roysdon
Keith Roysdon is a lifelong writer, reporter and editor who failed at retirement and still writes news and pop culture pieces for several sites. He’s at work co-authoring a fourth true crime book for History Press. The third book, “The Westside Park Murders,” about the unsolved 1985 slayings of two teenagers, was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 2021 by the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists.
Hitchcock Presents: A Brief History of the Weird, Wild Hitchcock Shows That Once Dominated TV
In the 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock was everywhere, and his anthology series became a hotbed for young talent and strange stories.
After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers
In 1985, Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were murdered in Muncie, Indiana. In the aftermath, a community banded together.
An Elegy for the Quiet Genius of Counterpart
That cross-genre sci-fi spy thriller is just as confusing as you've heard and probably the best espionage series in years.
A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators
In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?
A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives
The Hawaiian shirts. The short-short shorts. In 1980, CBS was in need of a Hawaii-set hit, and they found a P.I. for a new era.
A Brief History of the Juvenile Mysteries You Checked Out of the Library Eight at a Time
How young sleuths like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys became literary icons for generations.
The Evolution of Dennis Lehane
How the acclaimed author's work has transformed through the decades, bringing readers some of the era's most powerful noirs.
Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene
Six seasons in, Bosch may just be TV's best police procedural.
Spenser: Confidential Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.
A new look and a new era for Boston's legendary private eye.
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