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Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer Equates Queerness with Monstrosity

"What happens...when you marry the aesthetics of Murphy’s brand and his straight pandering to a true crime story about Jeffrey Dahmer?"

The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

On "Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her ‘girls’ from The Forty Thieves, who pilfered their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century."

Crime and the City: Karachi

Pakistan's most populated city has a big tradition of books that explore crime and corruption.

A Murder on the Margins, and a Death That Would Haunt One Writer for Years to Come

Gwen Florio on a tragedy played out in Missoula's transient community and an imbalanced legal system.

Maligned in the Media Due to the Actions of Men

"[T]hey may not all be perfect victims, but I do believe that they were overly-demonized by the public and media alike"

My Favorite Con Artists

Victoria Thompson on some of history's most inventive swindlers, and the stories they passed down.

The Best International True Crime Podcasts for Winter 2022-23

Heists, fugitives, and cold cases from around the globe.

The Best True Crime Books of the Year

Elusive crimes from the American frontiers, family investigations, and a new theory in the Zodiac killings rounded out the year's best crime nonfiction.

On Choosing our #MeToo Heroes: Journalists or Survivors?

"[A]re journalists the most apt heroes in unravelling the thorny issues of a #MeToo mystery? Or is it time that we move to a survivor-centered narrative?"

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

In 1870 San Francisco, two cousins walked into a mine broker's office and kicked off one of the most bizarre and lucrative swindles in American history.

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"What happens...when you marry the aesthetics of Murphy’s brand and his straight pandering to a true crime story about Jeffrey Dahmer?"

On "Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her ‘girls’ from The Forty Thieves, who pilfered their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century."

Pakistan's most populated city has a big tradition of books that explore crime and corruption.

Gwen Florio on a tragedy played out in Missoula's transient community and an imbalanced legal system.

"[T]hey may not all be perfect victims, but I do believe that they were overly-demonized by the public and media alike"

Victoria Thompson on some of history's most inventive swindlers, and the stories they passed down.

Heists, fugitives, and cold cases from around the globe.

Elusive crimes from the American frontiers, family investigations, and a new theory in the Zodiac killings rounded out the year's best crime nonfiction.

"[A]re journalists the most apt heroes in unravelling the thorny issues of a #MeToo mystery? Or is it time that we move to a survivor-centered narrative?"

In 1870 San Francisco, two cousins walked into a mine broker's office and kicked off one of the most bizarre and lucrative swindles in American history.

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