• Essays

    The Life and Work of C.W. Grafton: Crime Novelist, Lawyer, and Father to a Mystery Icon

    He's remembered now as the father of Sue Grafton. But for a brief period, he was one of crime fiction's most promising authors.

    February 21, 2020  By L. Wayne Hicks
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    The Punk Rock Private Eye and the End of an Era in Downtown New York

    In 1979, as the music scene was under threat, one man captured its corruption in true noir fashion.

    February 21, 2020  By David Masciotra
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    The Girl in the Mansion:
    How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

    Domestic suspense is the modern incarnation of the mid-century Gothic romance.

    February 20, 2020  By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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    Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era

    In the 1980s, the city was ravaged by a new drug. But a new culture, born of the same streets, was on the rise, too.

    February 20, 2020  By Michael Gonzales
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    On Cults, and the
    Weight of Family

    Leaving a cult is hard. It's even harder when the cult is your family.

    February 19, 2020  By Nile Cappello
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    Love and Loss in the Time of Swamp Monsters

    On Romance, Graphic Novels, and Environmental Activism in Swamp Thing

    February 18, 2020  By Andy Davidson
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    Why Are We Still So Fascinated by Diana Mitford?

    On our cultural obsession with Diana Mitford, the English aristocrat who went from well-dressed socialite to loathsome fascist.

    February 17, 2020  By Jessica Fellowes
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    Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia

    500 years ago, a scion of the infamous Borgias was murdered. Plenty had reason to murder him, but the exact culprit has never been discovered.

    February 13, 2020  By Alyssa Palombo
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    How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts

    Barnaby Rudge was a new kind of 'crime' story, with an unresolved murder tale which unfolded orally and serially. Today's podcasters are chasing the same magic.

    February 13, 2020  By Susan Cook
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    100 Years Ago, the World's Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl

    The forgotten history of "Fearless Peerless Pearl" and the brief heyday of silent movie action heroines.

    February 12, 2020  By Radha Vatsal
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