• New Nonfiction

    The Real Life Crimes Behind Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker

    This 1953 classic noir, the first to be directed by a woman, was based on the chilling exploits of a cheerful sociopath.

    July 27, 2020  By Harold Schechter
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    The Deadly High-Speed Chase That Launched Miami into the 1980s

    In 1979, a shoot-out on a crowded Miami street was a prelude to a new era of growth, drugs, wealth, and crime.

    July 15, 2020  By Nicholas Griffin
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    Kim Wall's parents remember the moment they learned their daughter had been murdered.

    A Horrifying Revelation and A Family's Heartbreak

    July 15, 2020  By Ingrid and Joachim Wall
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    A Heist on Time and a Half: Inside The Most Corrupt Police Squad In The Nation

    At a pivotal moment in Baltimore's history, one cop ran his squad like a war machine. The corruption and abuse would soon spread.

    July 13, 2020  By Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg
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    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    Diving into the world of Joel Townsley Rogers's The Red Right Hand

    July 10, 2020  By Joe R. Lansdale
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    The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

    Murder in the Skies, An International Cover-Up, and No Resolution

    July 8, 2020  By Ravi Somaiya
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    Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

    How many people disappear into the wild? Jon Billman searches for an answer—and for one woman vanished in the mountains.

    July 7, 2020  By Jon Billman
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    The Rival Casinos That Built Hot Springs, Arkansas into an Unlikely Capital of Vice

    One was a lavish, sophisticated club. The other was a second story gambling den run by a washed out, corrupt cop.

    July 7, 2020  By David Hill
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    How an Alaska Beach Became, For One Golden Summer, a "Poor Man's Paradise"

    In 1899, in the early days of the Gold Rush, miners transformed an Alaska beach into a bold experiment in common property.

    June 30, 2020  By Paul Starobin
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    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.

    June 19, 2020  By Sarah Weinman
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