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James Whitfield Thomson on His Decades-Long Search for Answers to His Sister's Death

James Whitfield Thomson on His Decades-Long Search for Answers to His Sister's Death

The chronicle of a brother's investigation.

By James Whitfield Thomson | March 25, 2025

Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

In Hammer's new book, he chronicles an era when archaeologists were stars and the public followed the quest to decipher Assyrian script.

By Kevin Canfield | March 20, 2025

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

Read a passage from Elon Green's new book, 'The Man Nobody Killed'

By Elon Green | March 11, 2025

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

Laura D. Fair was the talk of the booming city.

By Gary Krist | March 11, 2025

How America Fell in Love with Helen Gibson, the Pioneer of Action Movies

How America Fell in Love with Helen Gibson, the Pioneer of Action Movies

In the 1910's, Hollywood discovered a new star: the serial queen.

By Mallory O'Meara | February 18, 2025

The Dangerous Decline of a New York City Neighborhood

The Dangerous Decline of a New York City Neighborhood

In the 1960s, East New York began down the road that would later earn it the title of the "Killing Fields."

By Stacy Horn | January 28, 2025

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Martin Edwards Revisits E.C.R. Lorac's 1946 Opus, <em>The Theft of the Iron Dogs</em>

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Willy Falcon, Scarface, and How 1980s Miami Cocaine Culture Infiltrated the National Imagination

Willy Falcon, Scarface, and How 1980s Miami Cocaine Culture Infiltrated the National Imagination

T.J. English on the rise of the narcosphere.

By T.J. English | December 3, 2024

How the Modern History of Russia Is Explained by the Lives of Its Criminals

How the Modern History of Russia Is Explained by the Lives of Its Criminals

In the new book 'Russia in Four Criminals,' Federico Varese lays out a compelling case for a new understanding of Russia and democracy.

By Federico Varese | November 20, 2024

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson's Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson's Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

In the new book 'Her Lotus Year,' author Paul French chronicles the future Duchess of Windsor's sojourn through China.

By Paul French | November 12, 2024

A Killing in North Carolina That Still Haunts the Survivors, 50 Years Later

A Killing in North Carolina That Still Haunts the Survivors, 50 Years Later

They were hippies from Clearwater looking for a place to camp. Then the armed sheriff's deputies showed up.

By Timothy Silver | November 12, 2024

The Making of the American West's Last Great Outlaw Hideouts

The Making of the American West's Last Great Outlaw Hideouts

Tom Clavin charts the history of Brown's Hole.

By Tom Clavin | October 29, 2024

The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

Mark Aldridge on the creation of an iconic character.

By Mark Aldridge | October 22, 2024

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