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The Boogeyman Buildings

The Boogeyman Buildings

Michael Gonzales on New York City in the dark days and the haunting legacy of two uptown buildings.

By Michael Gonzales | February 23, 2023

The Sinking of the Gloucester: The Shipwreck That Made 17th Century England Tremble

The Sinking of the Gloucester: The Shipwreck That Made 17th Century England Tremble

A new account of the notorious wreck that killed the heir to the controversial English throne and hundreds of sailors.

By Nigel Pickford | February 15, 2023

Why Does the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Death Still Haunt Us?

Why Does the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Death Still Haunt Us?

Few American writers have been read so widely for so long. And for many, Poe's death is inextricable from his fiction.

By Mark Dawidziak | February 14, 2023

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.

By Dean Jobb | February 13, 2023

The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

Was he mostly just eager to avoid the looming responsibilities of real life?

By John Higgs | February 8, 2023

The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

John Humphrey Noyes was a reserved, shy young man – until he found religion and his own utopian, free-love, open marriage cult.

By Susan Wels | February 7, 2023

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The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of the Month

By CrimeReads | January 27, 2023

Warren G. Harding: 100 Years Since the Death of a President Straight Out of a Coen Brothers' Movie

By Zack Budryk | January 23, 2023

A Guide to Victorian Death Rites

By Laura Joh Rowland | January 11, 2023

My Favorite Con Artists

My Favorite Con Artists

Victoria Thompson on some of history's most inventive swindlers, and the stories they passed down.

By Victoria Thompson | December 21, 2022

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

In 1870 San Francisco, two cousins walked into a mine broker's office and kicked off one of the most bizarre and lucrative swindles in American history.

By J. Kingston Pierce | December 15, 2022

The Best Critical Nonfiction / Biography Books of 2022

The Best Critical Nonfiction / Biography Books of 2022

John le Carré's letters, a reckoning with junk science, a nation of wiretappers, and more.

By CrimeReads | December 13, 2022

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. Into the Mythical

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. Into the Mythical "G-Men"

Just like movie studios, the Bureau was starting a new era—and it was time for a public relations campaign.

By Beverly Gage | December 7, 2022

How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

John Tresch: "In that lurid myth, in those shocking images, that's where the field of experimentation for future literature lives."

By Lisa Levy | December 3, 2022

How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

In 1958, the Nation of Islam was a powerful organization, on the rise. Soon, the American media, and the world, would take notice.

By Shahan Mufti | November 23, 2022

The Unspoken Criminality of the Female PI

The Unspoken Criminality of the Female PI

Why The Girl Friday?

By Emily Edwards | November 14, 2022

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