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    Reckoning in the Sun: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali in Miami

    A year before his assassination in February 1965, the Nation of Islam minister made a trip to Miami that might have changed everything.

    February 21, 2025  By Gaspar González
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    How America Fell in Love with Helen Gibson, the Pioneer of Action Movies

    In the 1910's, Hollywood discovered a new star: the serial queen.

    February 18, 2025  By Mallory O'Meara
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    Luigi Mangione, George Metesky, and a Tradition of Anti-Corporate Violence

    Decades before Mangione, there was Metesky, the "Mad Bomber."

    February 14, 2025  By Michael Cannell
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    Alias Curley: A Con Man’s Story of The Little Bighorn

    The Crow scout called Curley famously escaped dying with Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Others created accounts of Curley’s survival, one was an impersonator who fleeced the West.

    February 11, 2025  By Nathan Ward
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    Why These Crimes Against Women in 1950s London Captured a Novelist's Imagination

    S.J. Bennett on the crimes that resonated across decades.

    January 22, 2025  By S.J. Bennett
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    Has the Mafia Ever Really Penetrated the White House?

    Eric Dezenhall on the mob's complicated place in the American imagination.

    January 16, 2025  By Eric Dezenhall
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    A Brief History of Literary Forgers and Forgery

    Bradford Morrow investigates a world of deception, duplicitousness, and a great deal of skill.

    January 14, 2025  By Bradford Morrow
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    How to Write a True Crime Narrative with a Co-Author Who Has Been Dead For More Than 150 Years

    Kate Winkler Dawson on re-investigating the murder that inspired an American classic.

    January 7, 2025  By Kate Winkler Dawson
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    The Christmas Tree King Love Triangle Murder

    In 1950, Harry A. Pozner was the Christmas Tree King of San Diego. He would soon get caught in a bloody mess.

    December 20, 2024  By James T. Bartlett
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    A Scandal Fit for Print: William Randolph Hearst and the Death of Legendary Producer, Thomas H. Ince

    In November 1924, Ince suddenly died after boarding Hearst’s yacht. Was it ill health, bad luck or perhaps plain murder?

    November 26, 2024  By Nathan Smith
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