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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

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

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

By CrimeReads | November 3, 2020

Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby,
Not A Job

By Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine | October 27, 2020

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

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

A Devastating Fire and Evidence of Arson

A Devastating Fire and Evidence of Arson

As the embers cooled in Australia's Latrobe Valley, investigators searched for an arsonist amidst an uptick of fire-setting.

By Chloe Hooper | September 30, 2020

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