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Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 2020

The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

Snapshot from History: Noor Inayat Khan, codename "Madeleine," arrives in France to join a resistance circle as a radio operator.

By Arthur J. Magida | June 17, 2020

The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

The Mostly Forgotten Irish Crime Novelist at the Center of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

The Mostly Forgotten Irish Crime Novelist at the Center of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

On the enormously influential works of a Golden Age innovator.

By Shane Mawe | June 15, 2020

One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

An author's day-by-day account of her husband's disappearance.

By Aspen Matis | June 8, 2020

A Conversation with a Serial Killer About the First Time He Killed a Taxi Driver

A Conversation with a Serial Killer About the First Time He Killed a Taxi Driver

"There was no special feeling of pleasure, or fear . . . nothing. I don’t remember feeling anything."

By Carlos Busqued | June 3, 2020

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By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson | June 1, 2020

About That Time Whitey Bulger "Won" the Mass Millions Lottery

By Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge | May 27, 2020

How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

By Paul Renfro | May 26, 2020

Cancer, My Mystery Novel, and Me: A Survivor's Story

Cancer, My Mystery Novel, and Me: A Survivor's Story

I had always been too afraid to write a police procedural. Fighting cancer taught me not be afraid of anything.

By Rachel Howzell Hall | May 22, 2020

Read Bong Joon Ho's <em>Parasite</em> as a Graphic Novel in Storyboards

Read Bong Joon Ho's Parasite as a Graphic Novel in Storyboards

It's going to change the way you watch the movie.

By Bong Joon Ho | May 20, 2020

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Finding a version of the truth in a roster of fictional women lawyers.

By Karen Stefano | May 7, 2020

A Strange, Existentially Chilling Pilgrimage to Kurt Wallander's Hometown, Ystad

A Strange, Existentially Chilling Pilgrimage to Kurt Wallander's Hometown, Ystad

Journeys in Scandinavian Noir

By Wendy Lesser | May 6, 2020

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught

Looking back on one of the Bureau's most confounding manhunts.

By Lis Wiehl | April 28, 2020

Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

Hollywood spies, assassins, and a forgotten kidnapping epidemic.

By CrimeReads | April 23, 2020

How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

He was Mossad's master of disguises. The mission began one September afternoon in a Paris apartment.

By Stephan Talty | April 21, 2020

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