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    Joe Pompeo on the Murders That Gave Rise to the New York Tabloids and Modern True Crime

    Joe Pompeo on the Murders That Gave Rise to the New York Tabloids and Modern True Crime

    A new book sheds new light on one of the Jazz Age's most scandalous murder investigations.

    By Kevin Canfield | September 14, 2022

    Arnold Rothstein: New York’s First Criminal Genius

    Arnold Rothstein: New York’s First Criminal Genius

    "[H]e realized before anyone else what Prohibition was going to be like and the opportunities it presented."

    By Michael Mayo | September 14, 2022

    The Murder of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills: New Jersey's Original

    The Murder of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills: New Jersey's Original "Crime of the Century"

    He was a prominent minister. She sang in the choir. Their deaths became a national sensation.

    By Joe Pompeo | September 13, 2022

    Buying Guns For the IRA From Whitey Bulger

    Buying Guns For the IRA From Whitey Bulger

    "Jim Bulger was giving us crucial help, but he thought like a criminal not a patriot."

    By John Crawley | September 13, 2022

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable Discussion with Crime Authors

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable Discussion with Crime Authors

    Nominees for the Anthony Awards weigh in on the most pressing issues in crime fiction.

    By Molly Odintz | September 9, 2022

    The Rise of a Mafia Godmother

    The Rise of a Mafia Godmother

    When Pupetta Maresca was eighteen and pregnant, she avenged her husband's killing. That was only the beginning of her mafia journey.

    By Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 8, 2022

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    How a Conspiracy Theory Goes Viral

    By Andy Kroll | September 7, 2022

    Lisa Nikolidakis on True Crime and Trauma

    By Lisa Nikolidakis | September 7, 2022

    How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland

    By Daniel Stashower | September 6, 2022

    On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

    On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

    Five people were killed in a Los Angeles suburb on July 1st, 1981. An unforgettable film told the story.

    By Sabina Stent | August 19, 2022

    A Reading List of Psychopathic Women

    A Reading List of Psychopathic Women

    "The idea of another woman skating through life without any shame brings both admiration and a touch of jealousy."

    By Kathleen Hale | August 17, 2022

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2022 (So Far)

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2022 (So Far)

    A queer history of a women's prison, a take-down of junk science, a reckoning with Southern history, and more...

    By CrimeReads | August 12, 2022

    The Crime of My Life

    The Crime of My Life

    A crime reporter turned his investigative skills toward an old family crime with deep contemporary relevance and finds himself implicated

    By Baynard Woods | August 4, 2022

    Resurrectionists and the Advent of the Burial Vault

    Resurrectionists and the Advent of the Burial Vault

    On the sensational body snatching that catalyzed efforts to secure bodies from graverobbers.

    By Todd Harra | August 3, 2022

    The Greatest True Spy Stories

    The Greatest True Spy Stories

    A look at some of the wildest, most revelatory nonfiction books about espionage and the life of spies.

    By Ava Glass | August 2, 2022

    How Louis Armstrong, Jazz, and the Mafia Got All Tangled Up in Storyville

    How Louis Armstrong, Jazz, and the Mafia Got All Tangled Up in Storyville

    In New Orleans, in the early days of jazz, the music and the mob were inextricable.

    By T.J. English | August 2, 2022

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