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Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Who needs football and family when you could watch a moody deconstruction from William Friedkin instead?

By Celia Mattison | November 24, 2021

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

On the rude, beautiful power of rebellious words scrawled on the side of an underpass

By M. Steven S. | November 24, 2021

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

Andrew Nette examines the largely forgotten period of American cinema that came between classic film noir and 1970s neo-noir.

By Andrew Nette | November 23, 2021

From Superstition to Science

From Superstition to Science

The Slow Birth of Modern Criminology and Forensics

By Adam Selzer | November 23, 2021

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

"The fantasy unpacks itself weekly from red Panavision trucks, spitting distance from the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn where I work."

By Robert Reuland | November 23, 2021

The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

Gerald Jay Goldberg was haunted by a brutal murder of a tourist in the South of France. Decades later, his family finishes his series.

By Robert Goldberg | November 22, 2021

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By CrimeReads | November 22, 2021

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

By Daisy Waugh | November 22, 2021

The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

By Colleen Cambridge | November 22, 2021

The CrimeReads 2021 Gift Guide, Part 2: Coffee Table Edition

The CrimeReads 2021 Gift Guide, Part 2: Coffee Table Edition

What do you buy for the crime lover who already has everything...that is, everything murder-related?

By Molly Odintz | November 19, 2021

November's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

November's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

Offshore exploits, Dostoevsky's murderer, and America's first civil war.

By CrimeReads | November 19, 2021

The Serrata del Marchante: From Spaghetti Western Set to Cowboy Theme Park

The Serrata del Marchante: From Spaghetti Western Set to Cowboy Theme Park

Sergio Leone filmed "For A Few Dollars More" in the Spanish desert, now a destination for tourists rather than filmmakers.

By Nick Hunt | November 19, 2021

Forensic Psychologist Richard Lettieri On The Many Pathways to a False Confession

Forensic Psychologist Richard Lettieri On The Many Pathways to a False Confession

Coercive tactics, subtle suggestions, and the urge to comply with authority figures all may cause the innocent to confess.

By Richard Lettieri, PhD | November 19, 2021

Ten Murders-by-Pen in Movies

Ten Murders-by-Pen in Movies

These scenes prove that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword. In the right hands.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 18, 2021

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

In the 1930s, crime reporters and spouses Bristow and Manning turned their New Orleans crime beat into fertile fodder for fiction.

By Curtis Evans | November 18, 2021

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

By Sara Foster | November 18, 2021

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