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    The Month's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

    The Month's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

    A refuge from modernity, a history of Mexico's drug trade, and an investigation into the "science of suspense."

    By CrimeReads | August 26, 2021

    Art Theft and Forgery: The Best TV, Movies, and Documentaries Now Streaming

    Art Theft and Forgery: The Best TV, Movies, and Documentaries Now Streaming

    There's no better escape than into the rarefied world of fine art and even finer forgeries...

    By Jonathan Santlofer | August 19, 2021

    Why the Nazis Launched a Bizarre, Racist War on Modern Art

    Why the Nazis Launched a Bizarre, Racist War on Modern Art

    As the National Socialist party rose to power in Weimar Germany, they took aim at the country's "degenerate" artists.

    By Charlie English | August 13, 2021

    A Brief History of the CIA's Efforts to Infiltrate Africa by Funding an Elaborate Network of Nonprofit Goodwill Organizations

    A Brief History of the CIA's Efforts to Infiltrate Africa by Funding an Elaborate Network of Nonprofit Goodwill Organizations

    In the early days of the Cold War, the CIA launched journals, concerts, and co-opted high-profile African-American NGOs.

    By Dr. Susan Williams | August 13, 2021

    An Original Graphic Novel about Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Haunted America and Inspired <em>Psycho</em>, <em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> and <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>

    An Original Graphic Novel about Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Haunted America and Inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs

    A startling new look at a real-life American bogeyman.

    By CrimeReads | August 13, 2021

    The

    The "Facebook Murder" That Shattered the Chinese Dutch Community

    It started with a dispute between friends on social media. It soon turned into a terrifying murder-for-hire plot.

    By Mitzi Szereto | August 12, 2021

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    A History of Serial Killers Who Went Quiet Before Being Caught

    By Joanna Schaffhausen | August 11, 2021

    Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

    By Curtis Evans | August 10, 2021

    The Strange Story of Mexico's First Narco, the Drug Panic He Helped Incite, and the Revolution to Come

    By Benjamin T. Smith | August 10, 2021

    Perfume Thieves and the History of Temptation

    Perfume Thieves and the History of Temptation

    On the scent of some of history's most refined criminals.

    By Timothy Schaffert | August 5, 2021

    Suicide, Despair, Lunacy, and Hysteria (and Surprisingly Little Murder) Among WASPS

    Suicide, Despair, Lunacy, and Hysteria (and Surprisingly Little Murder) Among WASPS

    New England elites were, by the end of the 19th century, feeling supplanted, useless, and wracked by melancholy.

    By Michael Knox Beran | August 5, 2021

    Life Inside West Virginia's

    Life Inside West Virginia's "Quiet Zone"—Where Cell Phones and WiFi Are Banned and Electrosensitive Pilgrims Commune with Silence

    If you think the town sounds like Twin Peaks, you're not the only one.

    By Stephen Kurczy | August 4, 2021

    How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

    How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

    "The reason for evil in the world is that people are unable to tell their stories."

    By Dr. Gwen Adshead | July 22, 2021

    Why Has Jeffrey Dahmer Become A Household Name, While The Names of His Victims Are Forgotten?

    Why Has Jeffrey Dahmer Become A Household Name, While The Names of His Victims Are Forgotten?

    There's a thin line between trying to understand a killer's motivations and justifying their actions.

    By Willa C. Richards | July 22, 2021

    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Summer

    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Summer

    Fall down a long, winding rabbithole with these binge-worthy podcasts full of thoughtful, complex storytelling.

    By Lizzy Steiner | July 21, 2021

    Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

    Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

    In postwar America, Soviet spies were busy gathering up atomic secrets. A series of defections soon threw the network into chaos.

    By Ann Hagedorn | July 20, 2021

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