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Gregg Olsen On a Haunting Crime and The Snowballing Consequences of Trauma

Gregg Olsen On a Haunting Crime and The Snowballing Consequences of Trauma

Read an excerpt from Olsen's latest work of true crime, "Out of the Woods"

By Gregg Olsen | August 15, 2025

The Secret Committee That Persecuted Black and Gay People In the Name of Fighting Communism

The Secret Committee That Persecuted Black and Gay People In the Name of Fighting Communism

On Florida's hidden Cold War on Black and queer lives

By Robert B. Fieseler | July 3, 2025

Caitlin Rother on Letting Surprises Happen

Caitlin Rother on Letting Surprises Happen

In writing nonfiction, the research always takes you in a new direction.

By Caitlin Rother | June 24, 2025

Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

A 1908 murder in Upstate New York went unsolved for a century. The victim's ghost appeared to one author in a dream.

By Jerry C. Drake | June 18, 2025

Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

In an excerpt from the new biography, Cooler than Cool, Leonard discovers his crime fiction voice after reading George V. Higgins, while balancing a burgeoning career in screenwriting.

By C.M. Kushins | June 10, 2025

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

In the new book, 'False Claims,' Lisa Pratta chronicles her years working undercover in Big Pharma.

By Lisa Pratta | June 3, 2025

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Searching for the Elusive Stephanie St. Clair, New York's "Madame Queen"

By Mary Kay McBrayer | June 3, 2025

Rich Cohen on the Murder of Jennifer Dulos and His New Book, 'Murder in the Dollhouse'

By Kevin Canfield | May 29, 2025

Michelle Young on Telling the Story of Rose Valland, the WWII Hero and "Art Spy"

By Morgan Leigh Davies | May 14, 2025

Axe Murder: A Brief History of a Grim Cultural Obsession

Axe Murder: A Brief History of a Grim Cultural Obsession

Read an excerpt from Rachel McCarthy James's new book, 'Whack Job'

By Rachel McCarthy James | May 13, 2025

Belle Starr: The Wild West's Forgotten Outlaw Queen

Belle Starr: The Wild West's Forgotten Outlaw Queen

Her exploits captured the American imagination. Then she disappeared.

By Dane Huckelbridge | May 13, 2025

20 Years After, A Semblance <br>of Truth and Reconciliation. <br>Who Was It For?

20 Years After, A Semblance
of Truth and Reconciliation.
Who Was It For?

Abby Reyes on the long wait for justice after her partner was killed fighting for Indigenous rights against all-powerful oil companies

By Abby Reyes | May 9, 2025

James Gandolfini, The Searcher

James Gandolfini, The Searcher

Read an excerpt from the new biography, 'Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend'

By Jason Bailey | April 29, 2025

Bodies of Evidence: Anne Soon Choi on the Life and Crimes of Controversial “Coroner to the Stars” Thomas Noguchi

Bodies of Evidence: Anne Soon Choi on the Life and Crimes of Controversial “Coroner to the Stars” Thomas Noguchi

"Only in LA can a coroner become a celebrity."

By John B. Valeri | April 28, 2025

Everything You Thought <br>You Knew About Lethal <br>Injection Is Wrong

Everything You Thought
You Knew About Lethal
Injection Is Wrong

"Lethal injection not working well is how lethal injection works."

By Corinna Barrett Lain | April 22, 2025

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

Read an excerpt and see the cover reveal for the new anthology "Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature", edited by Becky Siegel Spratford

By Grady Hendrix | April 4, 2025

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