• New Nonfiction

    Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold

    An investigation into the human and environmental costs of your gold.

    March 2, 2021  By Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney
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    The Most Murderous Mammals: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science

    It turns out, humans fall pretty far down the list of animals that kill their own kind. The top spot is surprising, and also disturbing.

    March 2, 2021  By Erika Engelhaupt
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    After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

    In 1985, Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were murdered in Muncie, Indiana. In the aftermath, a community banded together.

    February 26, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun Trade

    Ioan Grillo follows the trail of the "Iron River" through a Vegas expo to a Vermont warehouse to the Texas-Mexico border.

    February 25, 2021  By Ioan Grillo
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    Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

    Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.

    February 24, 2021  By Tori Telfer
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    Truus and Freddie Oversteegen: Sisters & Resistance Fighters

    How two teenage girls in the occupied Netherlands graduated from distributing anti-Nazi propaganda to bold acts of sabotage

    February 23, 2021  By Tim Brady
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    How Steroidal Injections Became the Delivery Mechanism for a Deadly Fungus

    First, E. rostratum made its way into the human body. Then, it developed a taste for human blood.

    February 23, 2021  By Jason Dearen
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    8 True Crime Books You Should Read This February

    The month's best books in nonfiction crime.

    February 22, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Scenes from a Small City Mob Life, Circa 1960

    In midcentury America, gambling was part of everyday life. In Johnstown, PA, Russell Shorto's family was the center of the action.

    February 16, 2021  By Russell Shorto
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    The Many Missing Children of Uttar Pradesh

    In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, thousands go missing every year. The police often refuse to take these cases seriously.

    February 11, 2021  By Sonia Faleiro
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