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50 Years Later, What Is the Real Legacy of <em>Helter Skelter</em>?

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

Bugliosi's account of the Manson Family and Tate-LaBianca killings is the best-selling true crime book of all-time. But what do we know now?

By Nathan Smith | January 26, 2024

Death of a Novelist

Death of a Novelist

The 1911 Murder That Changed New York Gun Laws

By Mariah Fredericks | January 23, 2024

Atrocities Are Inevitable in Wars of Occupation

Atrocities Are Inevitable in Wars of Occupation

On War Crimes, Civilians, and the My Lai Massacre

By Marshall Poe | January 18, 2024

The Life and Times of William J. Flynn, the

The Life and Times of William J. Flynn, the "Bulldog Detective"

He took on German spies, Mafia counterfeiters, and more. But a run-in with anarchists derailed his career.

By Jeffrey D. Simon | January 16, 2024

How an Epic History of the Mafia Came out of a Chance Meeting with a Literary Legend

How an Epic History of the Mafia Came out of a Chance Meeting with a Literary Legend

Louis Ferrante recalls the meeting with Lord George Weidenfeld that led to a seven-year writing project, resulting in the first ever trilogy about the rise and decline of the American Mafia.

By Louis Ferrante | January 5, 2024

How to Write Fiction about True Crime

How to Write Fiction about True Crime

Novels examining the true crime industry are a critical part of understanding its problems and popularity.

By Kate Brody | January 2, 2024

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The Best True Crime Books of 2023

By CrimeReads | December 20, 2023

The Mystery of Oak Island

By Douglas Preston | December 20, 2023

Uptown Gothic: The NYC Photographs of Thaddeus Wilkerson

By Michael Gonzales | December 19, 2023

Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire

Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire

The bizarre, bloody story behind L.A.'s Griffith Park

By Dean Jobb | December 15, 2023

The Many Words for Yakuza

The Many Words for Yakuza

Jake Adelstein breaks down the many terms used to signify membership in one of Japan's elite underworld societies.

By Jake Adelstein | December 11, 2023

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

By Richard John Parfitt | December 7, 2023

The Grieving Mother Who Became An Angel of Vengeance

The Grieving Mother Who Became An Angel of Vengeance

When Miriam Rodriguez's daughter was killed, she took justice into her own hands. But first, she navigated a Byzantine bureaucracy to find her daughter's body.

By Azam Ahmed | November 30, 2023

Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s

Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s

Harry N. MacLean knew there was likely more to the story than was known. But did he want to go down the old roads to Nebraska?

By Harry N. MacLean | November 28, 2023

On the Bizarre Relationship Between Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

On the Bizarre Relationship Between Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

"We’re going to be just like the Rockefellers and live like kings."

By Deanne Stillman | November 17, 2023

How Max Marshall Wrote a College Fraternity Crime Epic

How Max Marshall Wrote a College Fraternity Crime Epic

Marshall's new nonfiction book 'Among the Bros' explores a world of privilege, excess, drugs, and murder.

By Kevin Canfield | November 16, 2023

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