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    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    In a tumultuous era, a kids mystery show stirred up the old questions—and the atmosphere—of gothic storytelling.

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 13, 2019

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    How crime novels—and two high-profile TV adaptations—are challenging our ideas about female criminality.

    By John Copenhaver | September 13, 2019

    Graphic Novels and Social Justice: A Primer

    Graphic Novels and Social Justice: A Primer

    On learning to write thrillers about social issues from comic books.

    By John Vercher | September 12, 2019

    A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

    A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

    Criminal Broads Presents: An interview with Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites

    By Tori Telfer | September 12, 2019

    In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

    In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

    Or, how to write villains with empathy (but no excuses)

    By Nathan Makaryk | September 12, 2019

    4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

    4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

    On character being more affecting than plot

    By Thomas Kies | September 11, 2019

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    The Crime-Solving, Plant-Savvy Scientists at the Cutting Edge of a New Forensics

    The Crime-Solving, Plant-Savvy Scientists at the Cutting Edge of a New Forensics

    Forensic ecologists make it their life's work to study pollen grains and microscopic spores left behind at crime scenes.

    By Patricia Wiltshire | September 9, 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

    By Camille LeBlanc | September 6, 2019

    The Strange Cultural Currency of Art Theft

    The Strange Cultural Currency of Art Theft

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    7 Essential Contagion Novels

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    True Crime Podcasts <br>Done Right

    True Crime Podcasts
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    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

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    An Ode to Podcasts: Dispatches from PodCon 2019

    An Ode to Podcasts: Dispatches from PodCon 2019

    On Podcon, the podcast convention that was once, and shall ne'er be again.

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