New Nonfiction

Dressed to Kill:
A True Crime Collection of Criminal Clothing

On a collection that includes Charles Manson's sweatpants, Aileen Wuornos' red sweater, and other garments worn by killers.

July 20, 2022  By Paul Gambino
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The Rise of Privateering in the American Revolution

Congress was reluctant, at first, to embrace privateers. As the war effort grew more desperate, they soon changed their minds.

July 15, 2022  By Eric Jay Dolin
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When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod's Legendary "Helltown"

Provincetown was a place of enchantment, light, and art. But there was a dark side to the literary life there, too.

July 12, 2022  By Casey Sherman
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Boris Nayfeld, the Jewish Gangster-Survivor, and the Birth of the Russian Mob in Brooklyn

Douglas Century visits with the last of the original Brighton Beach mob bosses.

July 6, 2022  By Douglas Century
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Ruja Ignatova: The Crypto Mogul Scam Artist Who Vanished into Thin Air

In 2016, she appeared in front of a rapturous crowd at Wembley Stadium, promising riches. By 2019, she was on the run.

July 1, 2022  By Jamie Barlett
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Mussolini's Son-in-Law Kept a Diary – And It Put Him Right in the Crosshairs of Hitler and the Nazi Spy Apparatus

Galeazzo Ciano was Italy's foreign minister, a witness to key events in history. And he was writing it all down.

June 21, 2022  By Tilar J. Mazzeo
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The Birth of the Hardy Boys

Leslie McFarlane, who wrote under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, explains how the brothers started solving mysteries and why they were always eating meals.

June 14, 2022  By Leslie McFarlane
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Furry Friends and Fiendish Plotting: On Animals In Detective Fiction

"Animals play an extraordinarily wide variety of roles in crime stories. They may be victims, witnesses, even detectives."

June 13, 2022  By Martin Edwards
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How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together

Jefferson Morley on the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, the CIA's evolving plans in Cuba, and the people the Agency brought together.

June 9, 2022  By Jefferson Morley
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Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

"Monsters are our mirrors: in them, we see who we hope we are not, in order to understand who we are."

June 9, 2022  By Ellen Datlow
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