• New Nonfiction

    How Forensic Anthropologists Read the Skeletons of the Dead For Clues

    "Never trust the pathologist on a TV show who says that the skeleton has been in the ground for eleven years. Utter twaddle."

    June 2, 2021  By Sue Black
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    How Frigid Conditions and a Failed Execution in 17th Century England Pointed the Way To a Scientific Breakthrough

    In 1650, Anne Greene was publicly hanged and ruled dead. She was an early marvel of "suspended animation."

    June 1, 2021  By Philip Jaekl
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    An Inside Look at One Woman's Life in the FBI Academy

    Gerbil tubes, sweaty pantyhose, and a 200-pound Navy SEAL draped across your back.

    June 1, 2021  By Kathy Stearman
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    How McCarthyism, the Rise of Tabloids, and J. Edgar Hoover's Quest to Prove Himself "Manly" Led to a Surveillance State

    There were always rumors about Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn's sexuality. At one legendary hearing, the innuendo came into focus.

    May 28, 2021  By Christopher M. Elias
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    High Tensions, Wrenching Emotions, and Hot Tempers on The Set of Suddenly, Last Summer

    On the climactic scene that almost broke Elizabeth Taylor.

    May 27, 2021  By Charles Casillo
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    Five Nonfiction Books You Should Read This Month

    Spies in exile, treasure hunts, and the search for a missing person.

    May 27, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The Real Story of All Those Crazy Recording Devices Nixon Insisted on Installing in the White House

    Other Presidents had tape recorders. Nixon had a secretive network of hidden, voice-triggered bugs all over the White House.

    May 26, 2021  By Michael Dobbs
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    From Victorian Mediums to Anti-Spiritualism Activists: The Legendary Fox Sisters

    "Spiritualism is a fraud from beginning to end!"

    May 26, 2021  By Emily Midorikawa
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    A Brief History of the Serial Killer Movie That Was Supposed to Be David Fincher's Follow-Up to 'Zodiac'

    Torso, starring Matt Damon, was supposed to be the next chapter in Fincher's take on American crime. So what happened?

    May 25, 2021  By Joshua Hull and Posterspy
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    The Life and Legacy of Philip Agee, the CIA's First Defector and Most Committed Dissident

    Agee was the consummate Agency insider, then later its primary agitator. His legacy remains as fraught and complex as ever.

    May 25, 2021  By Jonathan Stevenson
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