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    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

    A Murder Mystery in the Sunshine State

    A Murder Mystery in the Sunshine State

    How a dispute between Florida neighbors and a copy of Agatha Christie's 'The Pale Horse' landed a chemist on Death Row.

    By Jana Monroe | October 11, 2023

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

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

    In This House of Grief Garner "takes the act of bearing witness to new levels."

    By Sarah Weinman | October 10, 2023

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

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

    "Each of these crimes has generated decades’ worth of mythology, some of it so far from the truth that the actual story isn’t recognizable in its own mythos."

    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

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    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.” 

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    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

    The Search for a Vanished Hiker on the PCT

    The Search for a Vanished Hiker on the PCT

    A former law enforcement park ranger goes on the trail to find answers after a thru-hiker disappears.

    By Andrea Lankford | August 23, 2023

    Eight Unforgettable Books About Missing Persons

    Eight Unforgettable Books About Missing Persons

    Una Mannion on the literature of the vanished

    By Una Mannion | August 16, 2023

    Cold Cases: Grief Has No Expiration

    Cold Cases: Grief Has No Expiration

    Keith Roysdon on murder, Muncie, and what it means to work a cold case.

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    Yepoka Yeebo on the Ghanaian Con Man Who Swindled the World

    Yepoka Yeebo on the Ghanaian Con Man Who Swindled the World

    The author of Anansi's Gold first learned about the "utterly absurd" story of John Ackah Blay-Miezah from a WhatsApp message. Then she read the diplomatic cables from Shirley Temple Black.

    By Kevin Canfield | August 7, 2023

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