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    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

    How Gilded Age Corruption Produced the Biggest, Maddest Gold Rush in History

    How Gilded Age Corruption Produced the Biggest, Maddest Gold Rush in History

    America was on edge, inequity was bringing about class warfare. And then there was news of gold in Alaska.

    By Brian Castner | April 14, 2021

    Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why <em>Rear Window</em> Remains the Director's Definitive Film

    Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

    Hitchcock was a master of obsessive looking and daydreamed about filming acts of sexual voyeurism. In Rear Window, he found a new vision.

    By Edward White | April 13, 2021

    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

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    Seven True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    By CrimeReads | March 26, 2021

    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    By Allen Abel | March 25, 2021

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

    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

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

    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?

    By Harold Schechter | March 11, 2021

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

    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.

    By Emma Southon | March 10, 2021

    Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

    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.

    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

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