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How Louis Armstrong, Jazz, and the Mafia Got All Tangled Up in Storyville

How Louis Armstrong, Jazz, and the Mafia Got All Tangled Up in Storyville

In New Orleans, in the early days of jazz, the music and the mob were inextricable.

By T.J. English | August 2, 2022

Nature's Deadliest Thunderstorms – And the People Who Chase Them

Nature's Deadliest Thunderstorms – And the People Who Chase Them

Matthew Cappucci on the anatomy of supercells and the mindset of the people driving America's highways looking for them.

By Matthew Cappucci | August 2, 2022

The Outsider Journalist: The Story Behind a 70 Year Old Cold Case Murder and the Push for Alaska's Statehood

The Outsider Journalist: The Story Behind a 70 Year Old Cold Case Murder and the Push for Alaska's Statehood

Decades after the murder of Cecil Wells, journalist James Bartlett goes to Alaska looking for new answers.

By James T. Bartlett | July 27, 2022

On Otherness And Terror

On Otherness And Terror

"The concept of otherness in horror is breathing, expanding its literary lungs to show the other as the oppressed..."

By Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason | July 20, 2022

Dressed to Kill: <br>A True Crime Collection of Criminal Clothing

Dressed to Kill:
A True Crime Collection of Criminal Clothing

On a collection that includes Charles Manson's sweatpants, Aileen Wuornos' red sweater, and other garments worn by killers.

By Paul Gambino | July 20, 2022

The Rise of Privateering in the American Revolution

The Rise of Privateering in the American Revolution

Congress was reluctant, at first, to embrace privateers. As the war effort grew more desperate, they soon changed their minds.

By Eric Jay Dolin | July 15, 2022

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Mussolini's Son-in-Law Kept a Diary – And It Put Him Right in the Crosshairs of Hitler and the Nazi Spy Apparatus

Mussolini's Son-in-Law Kept a Diary – And It Put Him Right in the Crosshairs of Hitler and the Nazi Spy Apparatus

Galeazzo Ciano was Italy's foreign minister, a witness to key events in history. And he was writing it all down.

By Tilar J. Mazzeo | June 21, 2022

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

Leslie McFarlane, who wrote under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, explains how the brothers started solving mysteries and why they were always eating meals.

By Leslie McFarlane | June 14, 2022

Furry Friends and Fiendish Plotting: On Animals In Detective Fiction

Furry Friends and Fiendish Plotting: On Animals In Detective Fiction

"Animals play an extraordinarily wide variety of roles in crime stories. They may be victims, witnesses, even detectives."

By Martin Edwards | June 13, 2022

How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together

How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together

Jefferson Morley on the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, the CIA's evolving plans in Cuba, and the people the Agency brought together.

By Jefferson Morley | June 9, 2022

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

"Monsters are our mirrors: in them, we see who we hope we are not, in order to understand who we are."

By Ellen Datlow | June 9, 2022

The Mysterious Case of the CIA's Man in Moscow

The Mysterious Case of the CIA's Man in Moscow

Alexander Ogorodnik was recruited in a Turkish bath in Bogotá, Colombia. Then, he was summoned back to Moscow.

By Howard Blum | June 8, 2022

James Patterson Remembers His First Literary Party, Where James Baldwin Fought Norman Mailer

James Patterson Remembers His First Literary Party, Where James Baldwin Fought Norman Mailer

"They were arguing loudly, fists clenched, looking like they were ready to rumble. The bedroom had become a pint-size boxing ring."

By James Patterson | June 7, 2022

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