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    A Serial Killer in Iran

    A Serial Killer in Iran

    The evidence pointed to one woman: but was she a monster or a victim?

    By Mitzi Szereto | March 13, 2024

    How Field Work Kept Jonna Mendez Hooked During Her Long Career in the CIA

    How Field Work Kept Jonna Mendez Hooked During Her Long Career in the CIA

    She was fresh off a plane, new to the office, and it was time to improvise disguises for a field meet with lives hanging in the balance.

    By Jonna Mendez | March 12, 2024

    A Brief History of Organized Crime in the Florida Keys

    A Brief History of Organized Crime in the Florida Keys

    Key West, America's weird southernmost city, has always been a magnet for mafia operations.

    By Doug Kelly | March 6, 2024

    Edgar Allan Poe's Bid to Become a Real-Life Crime Solver

    Edgar Allan Poe's Bid to Become a Real-Life Crime Solver

    Having created a popular fictional detective, Poe set out to apply his theories of reason to the day's biggest mysteries.

    By Alex Hortis | March 5, 2024

    Big Pimpin: On Iceberg Slim and 'Reflections'

    Big Pimpin: On Iceberg Slim and 'Reflections'

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    Or, in search of understanding why ordinary people do terrible things

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    The Gangsters and the Star

    The Gangsters and the Star

    Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen were supposed to run Hollywood crime together. Instead, they chased the same legendary actress.

    By Casey Sherman | February 13, 2024

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    On the All-Female Shoplifting Gang Who Reigned Supreme in Turn-of-the-Century London

    "I was completely captivated by the history of this all-female crime syndicate..."

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    The 1931 Murder That Foretold a New Era of Crime and Corruption in New York City

    The 1931 Murder That Foretold a New Era of Crime and Corruption in New York City

    Prohibition had brought about a new kind of gangster. And new kinds of violence.

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    Anna Motz on the Taboo of Female Violence

    Anna Motz on the Taboo of Female Violence

    "Our state of ignorance and denial about female violence is one that does harm to both its perpetrators and its victims."

    By Anna Motz | February 6, 2024

    Patrick Winn on the Southeast Asian Narco-State the CIA Helped Build

    Patrick Winn on the Southeast Asian Narco-State the CIA Helped Build

    In Wa State, in Myanmar, the economy is inextricable from the opium and methamphetamine trade.

    By Kevin Canfield | January 30, 2024

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    50 Years Later, What Is the Real Legacy of Helter Skelter?

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