• History

    When Valentines Were Vicious: A Brief History of the Vinegar Valentine

    "Tis a lemon that I hand you / And bid you now “skidoo” / Because I love another— / There is no chance for you!"

    February 12, 2021  By Maya Corrigan
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    Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, and The Greatest Thriller That Never Was

    It was supposed to be one of the great confluences of talent in Hollywood history. So what happened to The Smiler with the Knife?

    February 3, 2021  By Vince Keenan
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    What Writing About the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Taught Me About the Madness of Crowds

    A historical fiction author considers a sixteenth century atrocity with too many lessons for the present, and the role of fiction in representing the past.

    January 21, 2021  By Kate Mosse
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    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    Six serial killers who found their victims through personal ads

    January 20, 2021  By Camilla Bruce
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    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    January 19, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    War Pigeons: The Humble Heroes Behind His Majesty's Secret Service

    During both world wars, homing pigeons flew hundreds of miles through enemy fire to deliver messages and save lives.

    December 22, 2020  By Stephanie Graves
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    A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

    In 1977, an attack on a synagogue left several wounded and one dead. It was only the start of a hate-fueled cross-country rampage.

    December 2, 2020  By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
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    Erskine Childers: Gentleman, Spy Novelist, and Gunrunner for the IRA

    How did the aristocratic author of English’s first great spy novel end up dead in the Irish Civil War?

    November 4, 2020  By H.B. Lyle
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    Inside the Early Days of The Crime of the Century

    In March 1932, the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. The investigation got off to a chaotic start.

    November 4, 2020  By Thomas Doherty
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    The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck

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

    October 21, 2020  By Daco Auffenorde
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