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How McCarthyism, the Rise of Tabloids, and J. Edgar Hoover's Quest to Prove Himself

How McCarthyism, the Rise of Tabloids, and J. Edgar Hoover's Quest to Prove Himself "Manly" Led to a Surveillance State

There were always rumors about Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn's sexuality. At one legendary hearing, the innuendo came into focus.

By Christopher M. Elias | May 28, 2021

High Tensions, Wrenching Emotions, and Hot Tempers on The Set of <em>Suddenly, Last Summer</em>

High Tensions, Wrenching Emotions, and Hot Tempers on The Set of Suddenly, Last Summer

On the climactic scene that almost broke Elizabeth Taylor.

By Charles Casillo | May 27, 2021

Five Nonfiction Books You Should Read This Month

Five Nonfiction Books You Should Read This Month

Spies in exile, treasure hunts, and the search for a missing person.

By CrimeReads | May 27, 2021

The Real Story of All Those Crazy Recording Devices Nixon Insisted on Installing in the White House

The Real Story of All Those Crazy Recording Devices Nixon Insisted on Installing in the White House

Other Presidents had tape recorders. Nixon had a secretive network of hidden, voice-triggered bugs all over the White House.

By Michael Dobbs | May 26, 2021

From Victorian Mediums to Anti-Spiritualism Activists: The Legendary Fox Sisters

From Victorian Mediums to Anti-Spiritualism Activists: The Legendary Fox Sisters

"Spiritualism is a fraud from beginning to end!"

By Emily Midorikawa | May 26, 2021

A Brief History of the Serial Killer Movie That Was Supposed to Be David Fincher's Follow-Up to 'Zodiac'

A Brief History of the Serial Killer Movie That Was Supposed to Be David Fincher's Follow-Up to 'Zodiac'

Torso, starring Matt Damon, was supposed to be the next chapter in Fincher's take on American crime. So what happened?

By Joshua Hull and Posterspy | May 25, 2021

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Books of the Week

The Life and Legacy of Philip Agee, the CIA's First Defector and Most Committed Dissident

By Jonathan Stevenson | May 25, 2021

One Night in Paris: How the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East Begins

By Daniel Levin | May 18, 2021

Pancho Villa, the Battle at the Rio Grande, and Why the Revolution Needed a Movie Star

By Jeff Guinn | May 18, 2021

Inside the Wild Hunt for Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure

Inside the Wild Hunt for Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure

Somewhere in the New Mexico mountains there's a treasure. The map is an elaborate poem, written by an eccentric millionaire.

By Daniel Barbarisi | May 18, 2021

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The "Three-Dimensional Game-Board" of Agatha Christie's Country Houses

From family estates to Christie's wartime residences, a look at the homes that inspired her settings.

By Phyllis Richardson | May 11, 2021

George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

The spy who escaped prison and captured popular imagination.

By Simon Kuper | May 11, 2021

The Cursed History of San Francisco's Emmanuel Baptist Church

The Cursed History of San Francisco's Emmanuel Baptist Church

The church's first two pastors killed themselves—and that was before the double murder in 1895 that sealed the building's reputation as haunted.

By Bob Calhoun | May 5, 2021

Towards A New Understanding of Psychosis and Violence

Towards A New Understanding of Psychosis and Violence

We live in a world that conditions us to fear mental illness instead of to treat it. The consequences of this approach are deadly.

By Vince Granata | April 28, 2021

On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

The tale of the most dramatic dognappinng of the 19th century, which sealed a romance and changed literary history.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 27, 2021

How Anti-Catholic Propaganda, Racism, and One Man's Paranoid Obsessions Helped Form Oregon's Founding Myths

How Anti-Catholic Propaganda, Racism, and One Man's Paranoid Obsessions Helped Form Oregon's Founding Myths

Henry Spalding was a sometimes missionary regarded by many as a lunatic. His lies about a frontier killing helped shape a new state.

By Blaine Harden | April 27, 2021

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