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Five Books that Examine the American Penal System

Five Books that Examine the American Penal System

Stories, mostly true, about the gritty, fraught, and devastating world of prisons

By Jen J. Danna | September 9, 2021

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Covering Homicides

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Covering Homicides

Life lessons—gleaned from a few decades of reporting on crime and murder.

By Keith Roysdon | September 3, 2021

How Ireland's First

How Ireland's First "Assassination Society"–The Invincibles–Was Formed

In late 19th century Ireland, a secret society of extremists formed—separate from the Land League and IRB—to carry out murders.

By Julie Kavanagh | September 1, 2021

Tony Parker: Meet the Man Who Turned Oral Histories Into an Art Form

Tony Parker: Meet the Man Who Turned Oral Histories Into an Art Form

In the 1950s, Parker began visiting prisoners in Britain. Soon, he was carrying a tape recorder.

By Tanner Tafelski | August 27, 2021

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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

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

By Dr. Susan Williams | August 13, 2021

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

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

A History of Serial Killers Who Went Quiet Before Being Caught

A History of Serial Killers Who Went Quiet Before Being Caught

Dormant for years (or even decades), these infamous criminals were undone by new technology, old passions, or giant egos.

By Joanna Schaffhausen | August 11, 2021

Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

The profitable panic that inspired both journalists and crime writers to focus on the (extremely exaggerated) crisis of "white slavery"

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

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

In 1908, José del Moral and his stash of marijuana cigarettes were public enemy number one, and it all had to do with the classes who were smoking the herb.

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

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