True Crime

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught

Looking back on one of the Bureau's most confounding manhunts.

April 28, 2020  By Lis Wiehl
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Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

Hollywood spies, assassins, and a forgotten kidnapping epidemic.

April 23, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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Why True Stories Don’t Always
Make Good Fiction

His prison stories were visceral and true. But did they make for compelling fiction?

April 22, 2020  By David Moloney
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How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

He was Mossad's master of disguises. The mission began one September afternoon in a Paris apartment.

April 21, 2020  By Stephan Talty
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500 Years of True Crime

Long before In Cold Blood, there was a vast public appetite for sordid tales—and plenty of media ready to feed it.

April 16, 2020  By Grady Hendrix
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The Hollywood Golden Age Producer Turned Cold War Spy

Boris Morros went to Hollywood to reinvent himself at Paramount. His Soviet handlers came along for the ride.

April 14, 2020  By Jonathan Gill
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Confessions of a Conspiracy Theorist

Do conspiracy thrillers serve a valuable, humanistic function? Or are they just plain dangerous?

April 14, 2020  By Oliver Harris
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Suing Hollywood

Author Tess Gerritsen took on a Hollywood studio for screenplay theft. It was just the start of a long, strange journey.

April 9, 2020  By Tess Gerritsen
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Beloved Author of Madeline, Once Shot a Man.

He was only sixteen.

April 8, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Columbus, Ohio: From Cowtown to Crimetown

Why the U.S.'s 14th largest city is the next center for crime writing.

April 8, 2020  By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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