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On the "White Death" disaster in Stevens Pass, Washington

An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.

A gang of unscrupulous racists, with the support of prominent city figures, attacked New York City's Black community in the 1830s, and inspired novel forms of resistance.

"The Man of the Crowd" was arguably Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story. It's also one of his strangest.

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After his execution for murder, William Corder's body was given to the dissectors, and his skin used to bind a book about his trial: just the start of the corpse's long afterlife.

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

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There's a lot at stake when it comes to picking pop culture's best Dracula. Count them down with us.