• True Crime

    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.

    March 6, 2024  By Doug Kelly
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    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.

    March 5, 2024  By Alex Hortis
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    Big Pimpin: On Iceberg Slim and 'Reflections'

    Michael Gonzales on the long literary life of a street legend.

    March 1, 2024  By Michael Gonzales
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    Eight Books Exploring Real Life Crimes in Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction

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

    March 1, 2024  By Megan Cooley Peterson
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    The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery

    Kate Sidley wrote about tidy mysteries in a faraway country. Then real violence came into her home.

    February 23, 2024  By Kate Sidley
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    The 1887 Murder of an “Unknown Woman” That May Have Inspired Carolyn Wells

    Rebecca Rego Barry on the mystery maven's ouevre and the crime that started it all

    February 16, 2024  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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    The Attempted Assassination of Charlie Chaplin

    A group of young Naval officers wanted to force Japan into a war with America. Their plan: kill Hollywood's biggest star.

    February 13, 2024  By Ronald Drabkin
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    The Gangsters and the Star

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

    February 13, 2024  By Casey Sherman
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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..."

    February 12, 2024  By Heather Webb
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    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.

    February 7, 2024  By Michael Wolraich
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