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What Really Went On Between Coppola and Sheen in that Hotel Room During the Filming of
Apocalypse Now
?
It's an iconic moment in cinema history. But behind the filming is a disturbing–and revealing–story.
By
Sam Wasson
| November 28, 2023
Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s
Harry N. MacLean knew there was likely more to the story than was known. But did he want to go down the old roads to Nebraska?
By
Harry N. MacLean
| November 28, 2023
The Many Poisons of Crime Fiction
Some authors are enchanted by arsenic. Others favor hemlock. And then there's the strychnine...
By
Valona Jones
| November 13, 2023
The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West
They were the last in a line of bandits. Their final days were bloody, nasty, and snakebit.
By
Tom Clavin
| November 10, 2023
How a German Spy Chief Built a Smuggling Network out of a Mission to Install a Nazi King in Britain
Walter Schellenberg was in Portugal to recruit the Duke of Windsor. Instead, his sights turned to a corruptible port operation.
By
Neill Lochery
| November 7, 2023
How Much Do We Really Know About Charles Dickens?
Dickens rose to fame at a young age. His biography (and its gaps) was part of the myth.
By
Helena Kelly
| November 3, 2023
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
The Secret History of John le Carré's Career in the Intelligence Services
By
Adam Sisman
| October 30, 2023
The Political Assassination That Transformed Africa, the UN, and the CIA
By
Stuart A. Reid
| October 19, 2023
The Brief, Bloody Story of Los Angeles’s Own “Bonnie & Clyde”
By
James T. Bartlett
| October 12, 2023
A Country Road, in the Dead of Night: On The Historical Hauntings of Irish Folklore
"The macabre in Irish folklore is rarely accompanied with screaming. More, a silent acceptance."
By
Neil Sharpson
| October 3, 2023
Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s
Michael Gonzales on a bygone world and the women who made it.
By
Michael Gonzales
| September 27, 2023
The Wild, Bizarre, Sometimes Criminal Pleasures of London's Bartholomew Fair
Laura Shepherd-Robinson on the dangerous side of one of London's most famous historical fairs.
By
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
| September 22, 2023
The Cowboy Detective, Undercover and in Danger Among the Texas Desperados
Charlie Siringo became famous for his daring undercover missions in the final days of the Old West.
By
Nathan Ward
| September 7, 2023
The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s West
Charlie Siringo’s frontier life filled five autobiographies. His book about his two decades “playing outlaw” as a Pinkerton operative provoked the agency’s long campaign to silence him, and inspired American crime writers such as Dashiell Hammett. “When the final call comes,” Siringo judged toward the end, “I shall have to take my medicine, with Satan holding the spoon.”
By
Nathan Ward
| September 5, 2023
The New York City Theater Where True Crime Was All the Rage...in the Early 19th Century
The notorious murder in Fall River played out for transfixed audiences in New York night after night.
By
Bruce Dorsey
| September 1, 2023
Bigfoot Is in the Woods, Our Hearts and Our Nightmares
The legendary mythical beast is a mystery that’ll never be solved – and he’s also toys and board games and festivals
By
Keith Roysdon
| August 31, 2023
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