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    How the Jazz Age's Most Notorious Gangster Couple Got Ready For a Heist

    How the Jazz Age's Most Notorious Gangster Couple Got Ready For a Heist

    Meet Tiger Girl and Kid Candy, in the days before a heist.

    By Glenn Stout | April 12, 2021

    On The Voynich Manuscript, the Most Indecipherable Coded Text Ever Discovered

    On The Voynich Manuscript, the Most Indecipherable Coded Text Ever Discovered

    In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer found a manuscript written in a unique language. To this day, it has yet to be deciphered.

    By Edward Brooke-Hitching | April 7, 2021

    Seven True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    Seven True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    A look at the month's best new nonfiction crime.

    By CrimeReads | March 26, 2021

    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    Hughie McLoon was a beloved figure on the streets of Philly, but that didn't save him from a stray bullet. Decades later, the question remains: who was the real target?

    By Allen Abel | March 25, 2021

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's <em>In Cold Blood</em>

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

    Notes from a road trip to Holcomb, Kansas, where Capote once chronicled the murder of the Clutter family.

    By Justin St. Germain | March 17, 2021

    <em>Lolita</em> isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

    Lolita isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

    "Like Tom Ripley and Patrick Bateman—and Count Dracula and Hannibal Lecter—Humbert fascinates mainly because of the chasm between his sophisticated urbanity and his brutal rapaciousness."

    By Christina Baker Kline | March 16, 2021

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

    By Harold Schechter | March 11, 2021

    The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

    By Emma Southon | March 10, 2021

    Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

    By Dan Davies | March 9, 2021

    My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

    My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

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

    By Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan | March 3, 2021

    Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold

    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.

    By Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney | March 2, 2021

    The Most Murderous Mammals: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science

    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.

    By Erika Engelhaupt | March 2, 2021

    After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

    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.

    By Keith Roysdon | February 26, 2021

    What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun Trade

    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.

    By Ioan Grillo | February 25, 2021

    Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

    Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

    Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.

    By Tori Telfer | February 24, 2021

    Truus and Freddie Oversteegen: Sisters & Resistance Fighters

    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

    By Tim Brady | February 23, 2021

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