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    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

    The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

    The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

    The Romans took a pragmatic (and utterly horrifying) approach when it came to determining liability for killing and injury.

    By Emma Southon | March 10, 2021

    Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

    Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

    The "Canadian Paradox" and the economic geography of fraud, as explained by an economist and author.

    By Dan Davies | March 9, 2021

    Killing Machines: How Car Culture in 1970s Los Angeles Fueled a Terrifying String of Murders

    Killing Machines: How Car Culture in 1970s Los Angeles Fueled a Terrifying String of Murders

    Millions of cars and miles of freeway contributed to a dangerous cultural shift in a city choked with smog.

    By Chip Jacobs | March 9, 2021

    My Novel Reopened A Cold Case. My True Crime Book Puts Ghosts To Rest.

    My Novel Reopened A Cold Case. My True Crime Book Puts Ghosts To Rest.

    In 1973, my fiancé's mother was murdered. Decades later, I wrote a crime novel that reopened the case. I hope my true crime book can finally close the case for good.

    By Stephanie Kane | March 5, 2021

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    My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

    By Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan | March 3, 2021

    Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold

    By Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney | March 2, 2021

    Also, SNL's True Crime Murder Song is Very Funny

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 1, 2021

    After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

    After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

    In 1985, Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were murdered in Muncie, Indiana. In the aftermath, a community banded together.

    By Keith Roysdon | February 26, 2021

    The Varsity Blues Scandal Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg

    The Varsity Blues Scandal Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg

    "We’ve hardly seen the last of college admissions scandals."

    By Nicole LaPorte | February 26, 2021

    What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun Trade

    What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun Trade

    Ioan Grillo follows the trail of the "Iron River" through a Vegas expo to a Vermont warehouse to the Texas-Mexico border.

    By Ioan Grillo | February 25, 2021

    Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

    Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

    Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.

    By Tori Telfer | February 24, 2021

    How Steroidal Injections Became the Delivery Mechanism for a Deadly Fungus

    How Steroidal Injections Became the Delivery Mechanism for a Deadly Fungus

    First, E. rostratum made its way into the human body. Then, it developed a taste for human blood.

    By Jason Dearen | February 23, 2021

    8 True Crime Books You Should Read This February

    8 True Crime Books You Should Read This February

    The month's best books in nonfiction crime.

    By CrimeReads | February 22, 2021

    The Soothsayer: Rose Marks

    The Soothsayer: Rose Marks

    Criminal Broads Presents: An Epic Scam

    By Tori Telfer | February 18, 2021

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