New Nonfiction

On Poisonings, Serial Killers, Mass Murderers, and Other Symbols of the Zeitgeist

Why do some crimes become media sensations and cultural touchstones, while others more horrifying fade into obscurity?

March 11, 2021  By Harold Schechter
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The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

The Romans took a pragmatic (and utterly horrifying) approach when it came to determining liability for killing and injury.

March 10, 2021  By Emma Southon
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Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

The "Canadian Paradox" and the economic geography of fraud, as explained by an economist and author.

March 9, 2021  By Dan Davies
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My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

Liza Rodman remembers the first time she met Tony Costa, handyman, childhood companion, and murderer.

March 3, 2021  By Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan
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Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold

An investigation into the human and environmental costs of your gold.

March 2, 2021  By Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney
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The Most Murderous Mammals: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science

It turns out, humans fall pretty far down the list of animals that kill their own kind. The top spot is surprising, and also disturbing.

March 2, 2021  By Erika Engelhaupt
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After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

In 1985, Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were murdered in Muncie, Indiana. In the aftermath, a community banded together.

February 26, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun Trade

Ioan Grillo follows the trail of the "Iron River" through a Vegas expo to a Vermont warehouse to the Texas-Mexico border.

February 25, 2021  By Ioan Grillo
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Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.

February 24, 2021  By Tori Telfer
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Truus and Freddie Oversteegen: Sisters & Resistance Fighters

How two teenage girls in the occupied Netherlands graduated from distributing anti-Nazi propaganda to bold acts of sabotage

February 23, 2021  By Tim Brady
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