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    Why We Will Always Love

    Why We Will Always Love "The Masque of the Red Death"

    Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Masterpiece

    By S.D. Sykes | September 16, 2019

    50 Years Ago, <em>Scooby Doo</em> Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

    50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

    An unlikely gang of mystery-solvers set out to change the world.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2019

    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

    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

    Tying in History, Mystery, and the Supernatural

    Tying in History, Mystery, and the Supernatural

    Advice for writers on how to meaningfully interweave the real, the unreal, and the unknown

    By Erin Lindsey | September 11, 2019

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    The Gothic Suspense of a Crime Scene

    By D. M. Pulley | September 11, 2019

    The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 10, 2019

    100 Years Ago, the Country Debated Arming Women to Combat Sexual Assaults

    By Amy Stewart | September 10, 2019

    Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?

    Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?

    On the terrible crimes, suspicious talents, and long cultural shadow of America's "first" serial killer

    By Kerri Maniscalco | September 10, 2019

    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

    The Strange Cultural Currency of Art Theft

    The Strange Cultural Currency of Art Theft

    Why does art rise in value simply because it's been stolen before?

    By Jamie Mason | September 6, 2019

    A Privacy Law Expert on the Evolution of Cyberthrillers

    A Privacy Law Expert on the Evolution of Cyberthrillers

    How do you live safely when there's nowhere left to hide?

    By Reece Hirsch | September 6, 2019

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    On the most essential, often overlooked, element of the genre

    By A.B. Jewell | September 4, 2019

    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.

    By Emily Stein | September 4, 2019

    Visiting The Hamptons (Through Crime Fiction)

    Visiting The Hamptons (Through Crime Fiction)

    New York's summer retreat is more than pristine beaches and seaside cottages—it's also a good setting for crime novels.

    By Paul French | September 4, 2019

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