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The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

A society under strain turned to wholesale abduction and ransom.

By David Stout | April 1, 2020

Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With <em>Dog Soldiers</em>

Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With Dog Soldiers

The dark journey of a classic novel of moral outrage.

By Madison Smartt Bell | March 17, 2020

Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford: Hollywood's Greatest Feud

Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford: Hollywood's Greatest Feud

On the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962.

By Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan | March 16, 2020

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Where have all the roadhouses gone?

By Katie Orphan | March 10, 2020

Noir in the Land of Enchantment

Noir in the Land of Enchantment

"Conquered and reconquered, colonized and commodified, Santa Fe understands—from historical genocide to the murders of family members—the intimacy of violence."

By Ariel Gore | March 5, 2020

The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

Robert Stone recounts a visit to Kesey's fugitive camp, an encounter with a Mexican agent, and a long discussion about drugs and life.

By Robert Stone | March 3, 2020

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A Brief History of Sex and Espionage

By Michael Smith | February 28, 2020

A Brief History of
After-Hours Clubs

By Terry Williams | February 26, 2020

The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

By Laura James | February 25, 2020

A Modern-Day Explorer, a Costa Rican Jungle, and the Search for a Lost Son

A Modern-Day Explorer, a Costa Rican Jungle, and the Search for a Lost Son

Roman Dial's son hiked into the jungle and never returned. Dial launched an incredible years-long search for answers.

By Roman Dial | February 19, 2020

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims

A hundred years ago, a 'criminalist' deciphers the story behind a murder from a single ear.

By Kate Winkler Dawson | February 11, 2020

The Life and Legend of <br>Calamity Jane

The Life and Legend of
Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Canary was a nonconformist icon of the old West. She was also a talkative, tall-tale-telling alcoholic in the right place at the right time to make herself a legend.

By Karen R. Jones | February 11, 2020

Printing Novels in the Gulag

Printing Novels in the Gulag

How Soviet prisoners turned to 19th century detective fiction to while away the long hours.

By Varlam Shalamov | February 10, 2020

Edgar Rice Burroughs and the City of Los Angeles

Edgar Rice Burroughs and the City of Los Angeles

Inside Burroughs' prescient novel of harassment and Hollywood.

By Steph Cha | February 7, 2020

My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

In 1943, a Harvard librarian was quietly recruited by the OSS to save the scattered books of Europe.

By Kathy Peiss | February 5, 2020

How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of <em>Chinatown</em>

How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

By Sam Wasson | February 4, 2020

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