• History

    The Political Assassination That Transformed Africa, the UN, and the CIA

    Targeting Patrice Lumumba was the beginning of a slippery slope. We're only beginning to understand the real history.

    October 19, 2023  By Stuart A. Reid
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    The Brief, Bloody Story of Los Angeles’s Own “Bonnie & Clyde”

    In 1930, two young robbers captured the public's imagination.

    October 12, 2023  By James T. Bartlett
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    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."

    October 3, 2023  By Neil Sharpson
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    Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s

    Michael Gonzales on a bygone world and the women who made it.

    September 27, 2023  By Michael Gonzales
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    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.

    September 22, 2023  By Laura Shepherd-Robinson
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    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.

    September 7, 2023  By Nathan Ward
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    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.” 

    September 5, 2023  By Nathan Ward
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    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.

    September 1, 2023  By Bruce Dorsey
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    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

    August 31, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    7 Great Crime Novels Set in Harlem

    Louise Hare on the books that shine a light on one of the nation's most important neighborhoods.

    August 29, 2023  By Louise Hare
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