True Crime

The Invention of the Polygraph, and Law Enforcement's Long Search for a 'Lie Detector'

In the basement offices of the Berkeley police, the experiments began...

March 8, 2023  By Amit Katwala
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Two Thriller Writers and Former Spies On Writing and Living Espionage

Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent talk historical fiction, spy novels, and their careers in national security and intelligence.

February 28, 2023  By Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent
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Melissa de la Cruz on Writing a Book About Missing White Woman Syndrome

"[I]t’s my hope that one day as a society we come to a place where attention is paid to every victim, not just the ones who leave picture-perfect images online."

February 27, 2023  By Melissa de la Cruz
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The Boogeyman Buildings

Michael Gonzales on New York City in the dark days and the haunting legacy of two uptown buildings.

February 23, 2023  By Michael Gonzales
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The Unsettling History of Serial Killers in Colorado

The rugged, mountainous state has a dark legacy.

February 22, 2023  By Leanne Kale Sparks
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8 Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Late Winter/Early Spring

Con artists, storm chasers, fugitives, and more.

February 16, 2023  By Lizzy Steiner
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The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.

February 13, 2023  By Dean Jobb
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The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

John Humphrey Noyes was a reserved, shy young man – until he found religion and his own utopian, free-love, open marriage cult.

February 7, 2023  By Susan Wels
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“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.

February 3, 2023  By Curtis Evans
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The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of the Month

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

January 27, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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