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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

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

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

Agee was the consummate Agency insider, then later its primary agitator. His legacy remains as fraught and complex as ever.

By Jonathan Stevenson | May 25, 2021

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

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

Daniel Levin was invited to dinner in Paris. He was told a man's life hung in the balance. Did he still know people in Syria?

By Daniel Levin | May 18, 2021

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

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

In 1914, Villa had the federales on the run from Chihuahua. That's when he decided to bring in the film crews.

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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

By Phyllis Richardson | May 11, 2021

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

By Simon Kuper | May 11, 2021

The Cursed History of San Francisco's Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Hercule Poirot’s First Appearances on Television and Radio

Hercule Poirot’s First Appearances on Television and Radio

While stage and screen appearances brought Poirot to international prominence, his arrival on television and radio by the late 1930s signified a new level of public adoration.

By Mark Aldridge | April 21, 2021

How One Woman's Forced Sterilization Led to a Mayhem Charge and Exposed a Secret World of Medical Atrocities

How One Woman's Forced Sterilization Led to a Mayhem Charge and Exposed a Secret World of Medical Atrocities

In early 20th century California, forced sterilizations were an unnervingly widespread, if mostly secret, practice.

By Audrey Clare Farley | April 20, 2021

Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

In the 1930s, famed spiritual investigator and ghost hunter Nandor Fodor found himself disappointed by several hoaxes.

By Kate Summerscale | April 20, 2021

April's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

April's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

A new study of Hitchcock's films, the tragic life of an heiress, and a murder at the mission.

By CrimeReads | April 16, 2021

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