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    The Story of the Nail, or The Birth of a Writer

    The Story of the Nail, or The Birth of a Writer

    "No one needs this story. It’s only important to me."

    By Zhang Yueran | October 20, 2022

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of October

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of October

    Journalists under attack, cyber crime fighters, and a Victorian era killer with a fascinating brain.

    By CrimeReads | October 19, 2022

    The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Leslie S. Klinger on Robert Louis Stevenson's most enduring – and unsettling – creation.

    By Leslie S. Klinger | October 18, 2022

    Eight Years Later, Searching for Answers in a Mexican Journalist's Murder

    Eight Years Later, Searching for Answers in a Mexican Journalist's Murder

    Regina Martínez was the Veracruz correspondent for Proceso. In her old neighborhood, her death still invokes silence.

    By Katherine Corcoran | October 18, 2022

    The Journalist and the Psychopath: The Story Behind Edward Howard Rulloff's Crimes

    The Journalist and the Psychopath: The Story Behind Edward Howard Rulloff's Crimes

    Ham Freeman was an Upstate New York journalist with big ambitions. Edward Howard Rulloff was a nationally notorious killer.

    By Kate Winkler Dawson | October 6, 2022

    The Best New True Crime Books Out Now

    The Best New True Crime Books Out Now

    Mafia women, a Jazz Age murder mystery, and an online obsession.

    By CrimeReads | September 30, 2022

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    The Unstoppable, Fearsome, Delicious Allure of the Witch

    By Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes | September 27, 2022

    How Leopold and Loeb Ended up with the Country's Most Famous Lawyer

    By Greg King and Penny Wilson | September 22, 2022

    The Murder of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills: New Jersey's Original "Crime of the Century"

    By Joe Pompeo | September 13, 2022

    Buying Guns For the IRA From Whitey Bulger

    Buying Guns For the IRA From Whitey Bulger

    "Jim Bulger was giving us crucial help, but he thought like a criminal not a patriot."

    By John Crawley | September 13, 2022

    Dinner on the Terrace with Himmler

    Dinner on the Terrace with Himmler

    In the long lead-up to WWII, Britain's elite tried cultivating a social relationship with Nazi leadership.

    By Charles Spicer | September 8, 2022

    The Rise of a Mafia Godmother

    The Rise of a Mafia Godmother

    When Pupetta Maresca was eighteen and pregnant, she avenged her husband's killing. That was only the beginning of her mafia journey.

    By Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 8, 2022

    How a Conspiracy Theory Goes Viral

    How a Conspiracy Theory Goes Viral

    A close look at how Seth Rich's murder got tangled up with Wikileaks, the Russians, and a scandal at the DNC.

    By Andy Kroll | September 7, 2022

    How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland

    How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland

    After Prohibition, law enforcement's boy wonder needed a second act. He found it in Cleveland with the Torso Killer.

    By Daniel Stashower | September 6, 2022

    What Happened to Anne Boleyn's Heart?

    What Happened to Anne Boleyn's Heart?

    Inside the strange medieval custom that separated the famed queen's most essential organ from her body.

    By Kathryn and Ross Petras | September 1, 2022

    The First Forays of a Czech Double Agent at the Dawn of the Cold War in Prague

    The First Forays of a Czech Double Agent at the Dawn of the Cold War in Prague

    As his country was entering a turbulent new period, a young Karel Koecher began his life of double-crosses and subterfuge.

    By Benjamin Cunningham | August 23, 2022

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