• Essays

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Jolly One

    October 24, 2019  By Tori Telfer
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    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    Talking Mafia History in A Former Mafia Stronghold

    October 24, 2019  By Nancy Bilyeau
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    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    October 23, 2019  By Michael Gonzales
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    "The Most Spectacular Court Procedure in the Entire Life of the County"

    Sarah Graham was murdered by her husband and his new wife. Temperance advocate Emma Molloy helped them with the coverup. Inside the strangest murder case in Missouri history.

    October 23, 2019  By Larry E. Wood
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    Berlin: A City of Crime Fiction

    From historical novels to modern noirs, Berlin is a city of mystery.

    October 21, 2019  By Paul French
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    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

    October 21, 2019  By Noah Berlatsky
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    The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

    For years he searched for a subject worthy of his talents. Then he found Miami and the '80s. Crime fiction would never be the same.

    October 18, 2019  By Craig Pittman
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    The Quiet Horrors of Reading Liane Moriarty in the Suburbs

    Good neighbors, pretty lawns, but what's really going on in suburbia?

    October 18, 2019  By Brenna Ehrlich
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    How Arson Became A
    Capital Crime

    A Brief History of Early Fire Regulations in New York City

    October 18, 2019  By Paddy Hirsch
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    Detecting During Disasters

    Fires, hurricanes, plague—crime fiction persists in moments of crisis.

    October 17, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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