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    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

    The Evolution of Espionage Fiction

    The Evolution of Espionage Fiction

    Readers love their spygames, but with each new generation, the battles—and the expectations—take new shapes.

    By Otto Penzler | November 16, 2020

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

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

    A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

    By Becky Cooper | November 10, 2020

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

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

    In the 1970s she led a string of high-profile, politically motivated art heists. Her legacy is still under hot debate.

    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

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    Inside the Early Days of The Crime of the Century

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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

    On Rotwelsch, the Central European Language of Beggars, Travelers and Thieves

    On Rotwelsch, the Central European Language of Beggars, Travelers and Thieves

    From Lutherans to Nazis, linguistic authorities have long sought to understand and control Rotwelsch (and long cast aspersions at its many Yiddish loan words).

    By Martin Puchner | October 13, 2020

    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    In 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot in a Newark steakhouse. His deathbed monologue would inspire an unusual literary legacy.

    By Michael Cannell | October 8, 2020

    The Civil War Hoax That Almost Took Down The Union

    The Civil War Hoax That Almost Took Down The Union

    In 1864, newspapers printed a message from the President threatening a new draft. Lincoln didn't write it. So who did?

    By Elizabeth Mitchell | October 6, 2020

    Two Assassinations (and One Attempt) That Changed The Course of the Russian Revolution

    Two Assassinations (and One Attempt) That Changed The Course of the Russian Revolution

    After the murder of a Chekist and an attempt on his own life, Lenin turned towards more draconian measures to consolidate power and contain international intrigue.

    By Jonathan Schneer | October 2, 2020

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