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The Magic of <em>Moonlighting</em>

The Magic of Moonlighting

Revisiting the screwball rom-com mystery series from the 80s that was impossible not to love

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 12, 2021

Don’t you want to watch fun, charming mystery shows about cool women solving baffling crimes? I really do.

Don’t you want to watch fun, charming mystery shows about cool women solving baffling crimes? I really do.

Here are a bunch of stylish, badass (but not upsetting) mystery shows where women get to have all the problem-solving fun

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2021

The 45 Best Prison Escape Movies, Ranked

The 45 Best Prison Escape Movies, Ranked

We've got chases and escapes, from POW camps, maximum security prisons, and chain gangs

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2021

So, who is Arsène Lupin, anyway?

So, who is Arsène Lupin, anyway?

Everything you need to know about turn-of-the-century-France's beloved, detection-prone gentleman thief

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 22, 2021

That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as

That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 22, 2021

When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 19, 2021

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The 15 Best Crime and Mystery Television Series of 2020

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 15, 2021

The Mona Lisa Wasn't Really That Famous Until It Was Stolen in 1911

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 12, 2021

Ten Classic Crime Novels That Have Just Entered the Public Domain

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 6, 2021

In 1849, a feud between two Shakespearean actors led to a massive riot in New York City

In 1849, a feud between two Shakespearean actors led to a massive riot in New York City

The New York State Militia arrived and fired into the crowd, leaving more than twenty dead and a hundred injured

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 4, 2021

The 15 Best Crime Movies <br> of 2020

The 15 Best Crime Movies
of 2020

Heists, embezzlement attempts, and temporally-warped espionage will help end the year on a good note.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 29, 2020

The Most Iconic Crime Movies Set During Christmas

The Most Iconic Crime Movies Set During Christmas

10 Crime Movies You Didn't Forget Take Place at Christmas

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 23, 2020

On the Lost Christmastime Tradition of Telling <br> Ghost Stories

On the Lost Christmastime Tradition of Telling
Ghost Stories

A Christmas Carol is the main vestige of this pastime, but it was once one of the most hallowed ways to celebrate the winter season

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 21, 2020

Thirty Years Later, <em>Home Alone</em> Has a Lot to Say About Adulthood

Thirty Years Later, Home Alone Has a Lot to Say About Adulthood

And it construes adulthood as having the right to do what it takes to defend your property.
("Keep the change, you filthy animal.")

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 17, 2020

On the Incredible, Gruesome Legacy of Paris's Grand Guignol Theater

On the Incredible, Gruesome Legacy of Paris's Grand Guignol Theater

Exaggerated spectacles of violence and gore played to fainting audiences night after night, for six decades

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 14, 2020

Famed mystery writer G.K. Chesterton proudly, sincerely believed in Santa Claus

Famed mystery writer G.K. Chesterton proudly, sincerely believed in Santa Claus

And he hoped children would genuinely believe in him, too.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 11, 2020

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