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    The Many Missing Children of Uttar Pradesh

    The Many Missing Children of Uttar Pradesh

    In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, thousands go missing every year. The police often refuse to take these cases seriously.

    By Sonia Faleiro | February 11, 2021

    How the Great Depression and WWII Gave Birth to the Modern Serial Killer

    How the Great Depression and WWII Gave Birth to the Modern Serial Killer

    Why were so many of the 20th century's most infamous killers born between 1930 and 1950?

    By Peter Vronsky | February 9, 2021

    Author, Pirate, Poet, Spy: The Secret Criminals of Classic Literature

    Author, Pirate, Poet, Spy: The Secret Criminals of Classic Literature

    Those authors you were forced to read in high school? Some of them dabbled in counterfeiting and piracy, too.

    By Allison Epstein | February 9, 2021

    The Crime Books of Malta

    The Crime Books of Malta

    At the center of the Mediterranean, a small island nation reckons with invasion, corruption, and organized crime.

    By Paul French | February 8, 2021

    The Girl from the Talk Shows: Jennifer Mee

    The Girl from the Talk Shows: Jennifer Mee

    Criminal Broads Presents: Hiccup Girl

    By Tori Telfer | February 4, 2021

    The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

    The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

    Serial killers stalked the streets, neighbors snapped and did terrible things, and strangers dumped evidence of their crimes nearby. But overall, it's been an ordinary life.

    By Tod Goldberg | February 3, 2021

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    By Charlotte Bismuth | January 28, 2021

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    What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

    What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

    In 1951, Paul Vidich's family took a trip to the former Yugoslavia. Seventy years later, he asks whether his father was there spying.

    By Paul Vidich | January 27, 2021

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

    On Nevada’s 1940 "One-Cent Hitchhiker Slaying"

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    10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

    10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

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    Murder and Justice in the Last Days of the Canadian Frontier

    Murder and Justice in the Last Days of the Canadian Frontier

    How an 1893 murder and subsequent trials in British Columbia revealed a legal system in a state of change.

    By Chad Reimer | January 25, 2021

    Dark Minds: How Crime Fiction Reveals the True Nature of Sociopaths

    Dark Minds: How Crime Fiction Reveals the True Nature of Sociopaths

    Charming, fearless, and manipulative sociopaths have always been with us, in fiction and in reality.

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