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“They just weren’t the kind of people for that”: The 1934 Smith Family Massacre in Demopolis, Alabama

“They just weren’t the kind of people for that”: The 1934 Smith Family Massacre in Demopolis, Alabama

On "an appalling family tragedy" that reappeared in a 1944 detective novel.

By Curtis Evans | February 3, 2023

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of the Month

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of the Month

Spy histories, Waco Texas, and police corruption in Oakland.

By CrimeReads | January 27, 2023

Warren G. Harding: 100 Years Since the Death of a President Straight Out of a Coen Brothers' Movie

Warren G. Harding: 100 Years Since the Death of a President Straight Out of a Coen Brothers' Movie

Did the Harding Administration's rampant corruption and incompetency pave the way for a new century of politics?

By Zack Budryk | January 23, 2023

When Fictionalizing True Crime, How Do You Avoid Exploitation?

When Fictionalizing True Crime, How Do You Avoid Exploitation?

Character is key to crafting a sensitive story that is far from sensationalist.

By Amanda Pellegrino | January 9, 2023

Ryan Murphy’s <em>Dahmer</em> Equates Queerness with Monstrosity

Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer Equates Queerness with Monstrosity

"What happens...when you marry the aesthetics of Murphy’s brand and his straight pandering to a true crime story about Jeffrey Dahmer?"

By John Copenhaver | January 6, 2023

The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

On "Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her ‘girls’ from The Forty Thieves, who pilfered their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century."

By Beezy Marsh | January 3, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Crime and the City: Karachi

By Paul French | January 3, 2023

A Murder on the Margins, and a Death That Would Haunt One Writer for Years to Come

By Gwen Florio | January 3, 2023

Maligned in the Media Due to the Actions of Men

By Flora Collins | January 3, 2023

My Favorite Con Artists

My Favorite Con Artists

Victoria Thompson on some of history's most inventive swindlers, and the stories they passed down.

By Victoria Thompson | December 21, 2022

The Best International True Crime Podcasts for Winter 2022-23

The Best International True Crime Podcasts for Winter 2022-23

Heists, fugitives, and cold cases from around the globe.

By Paul French | December 19, 2022

The Best True Crime Books of the Year

The Best True Crime Books of the Year

Elusive crimes from the American frontiers, family investigations, and a new theory in the Zodiac killings rounded out the year's best crime nonfiction.

By CrimeReads | December 17, 2022

On Choosing our #MeToo Heroes: Journalists or Survivors?

On Choosing our #MeToo Heroes: Journalists or Survivors?

"[A]re journalists the most apt heroes in unravelling the thorny issues of a #MeToo mystery? Or is it time that we move to a survivor-centered narrative?"

By Winnie M. Li | December 15, 2022

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

In 1870 San Francisco, two cousins walked into a mine broker's office and kicked off one of the most bizarre and lucrative swindles in American history.

By J. Kingston Pierce | December 15, 2022

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Winter

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Winter

Tales from the 90s softcore scene, the underground environmental movement, and Miami.

By Lizzy Steiner | December 15, 2022

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. Into the Mythical

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. Into the Mythical "G-Men"

Just like movie studios, the Bureau was starting a new era—and it was time for a public relations campaign.

By Beverly Gage | December 7, 2022

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