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What <em>Ozark</em> Gets Wrong: The Latest Tricks in International Money Laundering

What Ozark Gets Wrong: The Latest Tricks in International Money Laundering

"Running a casino to launder illegal cash is so 1940s."

By Michael Niemann | November 13, 2020

Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | November 12, 2020

The tortuous literary puzzle <em>Cain's Jawbone</em> has been solved for the first time since 1934

The tortuous literary puzzle Cain's Jawbone has been solved for the first time since 1934

Only three people have ever cracked it. The most recent sleuth did it during pandemic lockdown.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 11, 2020

A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

Sometimes the line between serial killer and avenging crusader is perilously thin.

By Layne Fargo | November 4, 2020

Which Scary Books Should You Pair With Scary Movies This Halloween Weekend?

Which Scary Books Should You Pair With Scary Movies This Halloween Weekend?

Double features for this year's stay-at-home hermit's Halloween.

By Rachel Harrison | October 30, 2020

All the Famous Writers Who Have Reportedly Come Back as Ghosts

All the Famous Writers Who Have Reportedly Come Back as Ghosts

Ghost writers, not ghostwriters.

By CrimeReads | October 30, 2020

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The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 30, 2020

Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2020

My First Thriller: Scott Turow

By Rick Pullen | October 29, 2020

Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?

By Nick Kolakowski | October 26, 2020

Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of <em>Dracula</em>

Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of Dracula

As expected, they're very beautiful, very creepy, and very fun.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2020

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

'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.

By Christina Lane | October 21, 2020

The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

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.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2020

Sapphic Chiller Double Feature

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.

By emily m. danforth | October 20, 2020

<em>Killing Them Softly</em> Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

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.

By Zach Vasquez | October 16, 2020

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

"So he names us and he says okay start talking."

By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

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