• Culture

    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

    October 21, 2020  By Christina Lane
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    The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

    There's a lot at *stake* when it comes to picking pop culture's best Dracula. *Count* them down with us.

    October 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Sapphic Chiller Double Feature

    Gothic horror has long been a home for lesbian and queer women. These pairings of books and movies push the conversation forward.

    October 20, 2020  By emily m. danforth
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    The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

    After his execution for murder, William Corder's body was given to the dissectors, and his skin used to bind a book about his trial: just the start of the corpse's long afterlife.

    October 20, 2020  By Megan Rosenbloom
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    October 19, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    If there's one arena never in shortage of addictive crime stories, it's politics.

    October 19, 2020  By Lizzy Steiner
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    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Coal country murders, books bound in skin, and code languages.

    October 16, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Killing Them Softly Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    The 2012 film adapted the George V. Higgins classic and predicted the country's bleak road ahead.

    October 16, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    October 16, 2020  By Layne Fargo
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    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

    October 15, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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