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    9 True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening to Now

    9 True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening to Now

    A shooter in Malibu, a missing woman in Montana, and a lineup of new podcasts that dive into underreported cases..

    By Lizzy Steiner | April 13, 2021

    How the Jazz Age's Most Notorious Gangster Couple Got Ready For a Heist

    How the Jazz Age's Most Notorious Gangster Couple Got Ready For a Heist

    Meet Tiger Girl and Kid Candy, in the days before a heist.

    By Glenn Stout | April 12, 2021

    The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

    The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

    "Perhaps we prefer to believe that the girls and women of the IRA and other radical groups were somehow tricked into joining, that they were naïve, that a man was somewhere in the background pulling the strings."

    By Flynn Berry | April 8, 2021

    A Former IRA Bank Robber On Writing A Heist Novel Based on a Long-Unsolved Crime

    A Former IRA Bank Robber On Writing A Heist Novel Based on a Long-Unsolved Crime

    In 1976, Richard O'Rawe was robbing banks for the IRA. A year later, he was in prison. And now, he's put a unique twist on the infamous Northern Bank robbery.

    By Richard O'Rawe | April 6, 2021

    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s <em>Victim</em>

    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    By Victoria Wiet | April 1, 2021

    Stranger Than Fiction: Bigamy, Jealousy, and Foul Play from the Annals of True Crime

    Stranger Than Fiction: Bigamy, Jealousy, and Foul Play from the Annals of True Crime

    The real-life bigamists whose wild stories inspired a new thriller.

    By Shelly Ellis | March 31, 2021

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    Welcome to Extinction City: Inside The Lawless Zones That Provide Safe Harbor for International Animal Traffickers

    By Will Staples | March 30, 2021

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    I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

    I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

    The Sinking of the I'm Alone

    By Dean Jobb | March 25, 2021

    The Actress, the Steward and the Ocean Liner: What Really Happened in Cabin 126?

    The Actress, the Steward and the Ocean Liner: What Really Happened in Cabin 126?

    In 1947, Gay Gibson boarded the Durban Castle. By the end of the voyage, she would be dead at the hands of a crew member. And soon enough, her life and death would make their way into the pulps.

    By Curtis Evans | March 25, 2021

    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    Hughie McLoon was a beloved figure on the streets of Philly, but that didn't save him from a stray bullet. Decades later, the question remains: who was the real target?

    By Allen Abel | March 25, 2021

    Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Public Perception to Commit Crimes

    Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Public Perception to Commit Crimes

    What did Ted Bundy and Bernie Madoff have in common? They knew how to keep up an appearance.

    By Nick Martell | March 22, 2021

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    "The opioid epidemic is a web that has been carefully created and meticulously woven by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, lawmakers and legislators."

    By Christina McDonald | March 22, 2021

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's <em>In Cold Blood</em>

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

    Notes from a road trip to Holcomb, Kansas, where Capote once chronicled the murder of the Clutter family.

    By Justin St. Germain | March 17, 2021

    On Poisonings, Serial Killers, Mass Murderers, and Other Symbols of the Zeitgeist

    On Poisonings, Serial Killers, Mass Murderers, and Other Symbols of the Zeitgeist

    Why do some crimes become media sensations and cultural touchstones, while others more horrifying fade into obscurity?

    By Harold Schechter | March 11, 2021

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