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The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to <em>Dracula</em>

The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to Dracula

Nosferatu was an illegal adaptation, but the fight over it spawned a monsterous legacy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2020

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Presenting one of the 19th century's most random mysteries, and the modern scholar who solved it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 19, 2020

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

That's Ernesta Snoop and Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson, to you.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2020

That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

Things did not end well for him.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 6, 2020

The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

Spoiler: he gets eaten.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2020

This Is the Book That Outsold <em>Dracula</em> in 1897

This Is the Book That Outsold Dracula in 1897

It's weird, and you haven't heard of it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 16, 2020

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By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2020

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By Olivia Rutigliano | April 3, 2020

Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 2, 2020

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.

By melissaannpeterson2 | March 16, 2020

Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

Brawls, disappearances, executions, affairs and more affairs.

By Deanna Raybourn | March 12, 2020

In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

Grant Allen was a bestselling science writer, almost done with his serial Hilda Wade when he fell ill

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 4, 2020

Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

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