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W. Scott Poole: How Horror Reveals the Nation's Deepest (and Darkest) Beliefs

Poole's new book, Dark Carnivals traces the history of modern horror and American imperialism.

A Writer Confronts the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

Or, why I was afraid to bring my daughter to Alabama

The Manhattan Well Mystery: On America's First Media Circus Around a Murder Case

Sam Roberts Explores the Death of Elma Sands

On the Sophisticated Intelligence Apparatus That Fooled the World

"China’s intelligence agencies are now the world’s largest and dedicate themselves to protecting the Party’s interests while projecting its power abroad."

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

Revisiting Kier-La Janisse’s Cult Classic, House of Psychotic Women, Ten Years Later

“Every woman who enjoys horror films has at some point felt the need to explain herself.”

5 Female Demi-Gods of Horror

These authors "will trick, treat, terrify, traumatize, and most definitely thrill you."

The Big Sleep and The Black Cat

Or, searching for queer culture in the era of hard-boiled fiction.

Decision to Leave is a Stirring Hitchcockian Neo-Noir

Olivia Rutigliano on Park Chan-wook's new mystery, South Korea's official submission to the Academy Awards

Where is the ‘Street Crime’ in ‘Crime Fiction?’

Crimes that are both everyday and yet brutal seem to be front and center only in a small subset of the mystery/thriller/suspense genre. Is that taste, craft—or something that should make us all a little uncomfortable?

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