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How "Manifest Destiny" Launched the American West into a Fateful, Bloody Summer

The summer that reshaped the nation.

By Chris Wimmer | May 30, 2023

Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

Michael Gonzales on the lights & grime of Times Square as it was.

By Michael Gonzales | May 25, 2023

The Best Recent Nonfiction Crime Books

The Best Recent Nonfiction Crime Books

Mutiny, rebellion, and life and death on the streets of Baltimore.

By CrimeReads | May 24, 2023

Murder or Divorce? The Sociopath’s Dilemma

Murder or Divorce? The Sociopath’s Dilemma

"The [sociopath's] downfall is his wife. If she challenges or crosses him, he withdraws in smoldering rage and then erupts into violence."

By Stephanie Kane | May 16, 2023

On Supermax Prisons, Isolation Cells, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment

On Supermax Prisons, Isolation Cells, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment

“Welcome to my tomb.”

By Pete Earley | May 3, 2023

The ‘Bogus Priest’ and the Murdered President

The ‘Bogus Priest’ and the Murdered President

The infamous con man who managed escape after escape and whose strange course intersected with a President's rapid decline.

By Dean Jobb | April 28, 2023

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Erik Rebain On Nathan Leopold, 99 Years After His Infamous Crime

By Jill Dearman | April 28, 2023

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By Alice Slater | April 27, 2023

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By Elle Marr | April 21, 2023

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

Investigations into the killing of a Wyoming student, a mother's unsolved murder, and more.

By Lizzy Steiner | April 20, 2023

Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer

Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer

On the surprising human ties that bound the Boston mobster to author Charlotte MacLeod.

By Curtis Evans | April 20, 2023

Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral

Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral

"Did a man like this deserve a funeral?"

By Maggie Milstein | April 20, 2023

Searching for the Golden Triangle's

Searching for the Golden Triangle's "Opium Queen"

Gabrielle Paluch was a reporter working in Myanmar when she first heard the rumors of the woman at the head of a fearsome militia.

By Gabrielle Paluch | April 14, 2023

A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic

A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic

As in many walks of life, there was a wild cast of criminal characters on the ill-fated ship.

By James T. Bartlett | April 14, 2023

Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore

Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore

Mark Bowden on the fate of one young man in one neighborhood, lost to the endless cycles of American violence.

By Mark Bowden | April 12, 2023

When the IRA Arrived in Brighton Planning to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel

When the IRA Arrived in Brighton Planning to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel

Patrick Magee was behind enemy lines. His job was to assemble and plant the device.

By Rory Carroll | April 6, 2023

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