• Essays

    On Archaeology and
    Crime Fiction

    From Edgar Allen Poe to the present day, crime writers have always had an interest in archeological mysteries.

    August 20, 2019  By Mary Anna Evans
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    The Bloody Benders: America's First Family of Serial Killers

    The family of killers behind an infamous legend.

    August 19, 2019  By Nile Cappello
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    On Learning to Shoot a Gun

    An author and creative writing teacher reflects on the experience of learning to shoot a rifle for research.

    August 19, 2019  By Lisa Sandlin
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    Why Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

    The film reads 60s counterculture as attacking the entertainment beloved by the era's children—and thus attacking childhood itself.

    August 16, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Dark Side of "Sugar Dating"

    Behind promises of gifts and travel, the already dangerous underground sex economy gets even shadier.

    August 16, 2019  By Robyn Harding
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #40

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    August 16, 2019  By Otto Penzler
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    The Hard-Knock Nanny Life

    I took a job as a nanny to support my writing career. The job inspired me—then nearly destroyed me.

    August 15, 2019  By Madeline Stevens
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    The Conspiracy Theories Around the Death of Brian Jones: 50 Years Later

    The "death by misadventure" of the Rolling Stones founder brought the 60s to a close, and gave birth to a special kind of darkness.

    August 15, 2019  By William Shaw
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    Squeaky Fromme: Charlie's Angel

    Criminal Broads Presents Lynette Fromme, The Manson Girl Who Wasn't There

    August 14, 2019  By Tori Telfer
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    Lawyers in Fiction: It's Time to Question the Archetype

    From Perry Mason to Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman, what do our fictional lawyers tell us about ourselves?

    August 14, 2019  By Christopher Brown
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