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Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

By Christina Lane | December 2, 2020

A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

In 1977, an attack on a synagogue left several wounded and one dead. It was only the start of a hate-fueled cross-country rampage.

By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker | December 2, 2020

Linda, Interrupted

Linda, Interrupted

Linda Millar's brief life was full of tragedy. Her secrets found their way into novels thanks to her celebrated parents, Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar. It's time to see who she really was.

By Sarah Weinman | November 24, 2020

5 True Crime Books You Should Read This November

5 True Crime Books You Should Read This November

Art heists, fugitive hunts, and a killing at Harvard.

By CrimeReads | November 24, 2020

A Long Fall from Grace: The Trial of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's Former Security Chief

A Long Fall from Grace: The Trial of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's Former Security Chief

Garcia Luna led the hunt for Mexico's top cartel fugitives. Now he's awaiting trial in New York, accused of decades of corruption.

By Malcolm Beith | November 20, 2020

The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

Les Standiford explores the history of crime writing in Miami, from Zora Neale Hurston to Elmore Leonard and beyond.

By Les Standiford | November 17, 2020

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The Evolution of Espionage Fiction

By Otto Penzler | November 16, 2020

How One Writer Was Drawn Into a Decades Old Murder Mystery at Harvard

By Becky Cooper | November 10, 2020

The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer

By Anthony Amore | November 10, 2020

How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

Amelia Norman, destitute and abandoned, attacked her former lover on the steps of the Astor House Hotel. Her trial would have surprising, and long-lasting, repercussions.

By Julie Miller | November 6, 2020

Inside the Early Days of The Crime of the Century

Inside the Early Days of The Crime of the Century

In March 1932, the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. The investigation got off to a chaotic start.

By Thomas Doherty | November 4, 2020

Crime, Politics, and History: An Election Day 2020 Reader

Crime, Politics, and History: An Election Day 2020 Reader

A collection of stories that will take you outside today's firestorm but still within the political arena, if only for a little while.

By CrimeReads | November 3, 2020

Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby, <br>Not A Job

Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby,
Not A Job

Amy K. Bruni, host of the ghost hunting show Kindred Spirits, looks back on the strange path that led to her unusual career.

By Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine | October 27, 2020

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The "Kidnapping Club" That Terrorized African Americans in 19th Century New York

A gang of unscrupulous racists, with the support of prominent city figures, attacked New York City's Black community in the 1830s, and inspired novel forms of resistance.

By Jonathan Daniel Wells | October 20, 2020

Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

"The Man of the Crowd" was arguably Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story. It's also one of his strangest.

By Scott Peeples | October 20, 2020

The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

After his execution for murder, William Corder's body was given to the dissectors, and his skin used to bind a book about his trial: just the start of the corpse's long afterlife.

By Megan Rosenbloom | October 20, 2020

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