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Love Behind Bars: On the Complicated World of Incarcerated Romance

Love Behind Bars: On the Complicated World of Incarcerated Romance

The world of prison relationships shows that love is possible, even under the hardest of circumstances

By Elizabeth Greenwood | November 10, 2023

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

They were the last in a line of bandits. Their final days were bloody, nasty, and snakebit.

By Tom Clavin | November 10, 2023

Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

On Crime Storytelling and Why Aiming for Closure Can Be Problematic

By Lindsay Hunter | November 7, 2023

The Political Assassination That Transformed Africa, the UN, and the CIA

The Political Assassination That Transformed Africa, the UN, and the CIA

Targeting Patrice Lumumba was the beginning of a slippery slope. We're only beginning to understand the real history.

By Stuart A. Reid | October 19, 2023

How Do Cold Case Investigators Identify A Body When DNA Testing Is Not Possible?

How Do Cold Case Investigators Identify A Body When DNA Testing Is Not Possible?

On naming the nameless when many identity markers have faded.

By Laurah Norton | October 18, 2023

On the Perils of Adult Guardianship, An Industry Rampant with Fraud and Abuse

On the Perils of Adult Guardianship, An Industry Rampant with Fraud and Abuse

Court-appointed guardians have few qualifications, little oversight, and enormous potential for exploitation.

By Diane Dimond | October 13, 2023

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By Jana Monroe | October 11, 2023

Sarah Weinman on Helen Garner and the Ongoing Conversations of True Crime

By Sarah Weinman | October 10, 2023

“A Matter of Opinion”: Three Crimes and the Myths Surrounding Them

By Sam Rebelein | October 10, 2023

When a Dispute Over the Pronunciation of ‘Newfoundland’ Turned Deadly

When a Dispute Over the Pronunciation of ‘Newfoundland’ Turned Deadly

How Do You Say Murder?

By Dean Jobb | October 2, 2023

Sean Howe on <em>High Times</em> Magazine and Its Enigmatic, Larger-than-Life Editor

Sean Howe on High Times Magazine and Its Enigmatic, Larger-than-Life Editor

Thomas King Forçade: counterculture hero, or CIA plant? Onetime High Times Contributor Gregory Daurer interviews author Sean Howe about the peculiar founder of an iconic publication.

By Gregory Daurer | September 29, 2023

On Crime and Its Discontents

On Crime and Its Discontents

By Ben Okri | September 12, 2023

When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

True-crime accounts of someone killed by police shouldn’t be any different from other murder investigations, but they are.

By Justine Barron | September 12, 2023

The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s West

The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s West

Charlie Siringo’s frontier life filled five autobiographies. His book about his two decades “playing outlaw” as a Pinkerton operative provoked the agency’s long campaign to silence him, and inspired American crime writers such as Dashiell Hammett. “When the final call comes,” Siringo judged toward the end, “I shall have to take my medicine, with Satan holding the spoon.”

By Nathan Ward | September 5, 2023

The New York City Theater Where True Crime Was All the Rage...in the Early 19th Century

The New York City Theater Where True Crime Was All the Rage...in the Early 19th Century

The notorious murder in Fall River played out for transfixed audiences in New York night after night.

By Bruce Dorsey | September 1, 2023

Texas: Home to Bizarre True Crimes (And So Many Serial Killers)

Texas: Home to Bizarre True Crimes (And So Many Serial Killers)

A brief survey of some of the Lone Star State's strangest cases.

By Stephen G. Michaud | August 31, 2023

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