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The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

Trick-or-Treat-ing may be off, this year, but we've rounded up some Halloween classics to weather the chilly October nights

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 30, 2020

<em>Arsenic and Old Lace</em>, Frank Capra's

Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

It has everything: serial killers, dead bodies, Peter Lorre, and a psychotic convict hiding out after an unfortunate plastic surgery accident that makes him look like Frankenstein's monster.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2020

The 9 Scariest Fictional Haunted Houses (That Aren't Actually Houses)

The 9 Scariest Fictional Haunted Houses (That Aren't Actually Houses)

Possessed department stores, cosmic time-traveling barns, malevolent space ships, and much more!

By Matthew Lyons | October 29, 2020

Seven Novels Featuring Fictional Characters with Even More Fictional Companions

Seven Novels Featuring Fictional Characters with Even More Fictional Companions

Imaginary Friends for Our Imaginary Friends

By Evie Green | October 29, 2020

Why Using Accurate Science in Your Fiction Is So Important

Why Using Accurate Science in Your Fiction Is So Important

Whether you're calculating escape velocity or tracking wolverines, these are the details that will keep readers engrossed.

By Alice Henderson | October 27, 2020

Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby, <br>Not A Job

Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby,
Not A Job

Amy K. Bruni, host of the ghost hunting show Kindred Spirits, looks back on the strange path that led to her unusual career.

By Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine | October 27, 2020

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By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 26, 2020

I Never Loved Rebecca

By Kit Frick | October 23, 2020

Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of <em>Dracula</em>

Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of Dracula

As expected, they're very beautiful, very creepy, and very fun.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2020

Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

"Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

By Stuart Turton | October 22, 2020

Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

Now is the time to travel to the Indian Ocean and the mountains of New Zealand from the comfort of books.

By Rose Carlyle | October 22, 2020

'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

By Christina Lane | October 21, 2020

The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2020

Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with

Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"

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

By Jane Gilmartin | October 21, 2020

Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

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

By Scott Peeples | October 20, 2020

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