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    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

    By Sabina Stent | January 7, 2021

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Silent Lady

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    Nobody saw Cohen back in Brooklyn. Until a few gangsters went to the movies and saw their old colleague on the silver screen.

    By Michael Cannell | January 6, 2021

    PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

    PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

    If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

    By Kim Green | January 6, 2021

    Henry More Smith: Canada's Forgotten Confidence Man and Escape Artist

    Henry More Smith: Canada's Forgotten Confidence Man and Escape Artist

    The possibly true and all-but-forgotten story of a one-man crime wave.

    By Dean Jobb | January 6, 2021

    The Stranger: Revisiting Race in an L.A. Murder

    The Stranger: Revisiting Race in an L.A. Murder

    In 1997, Ennis Cosby was shot and killed by Mike Markhasev. The killer claimed it was a botched robbery. Others suspected racism.

    By Maggie Milstein | December 29, 2020

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    Thirty Years Later, Is <em>Goodfellas</em> The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

    Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

    A demented, predatory nihilism runs through Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob classic, and audiences are still cheering for it. Why?

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    A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

    A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

    In 1977, an attack on a synagogue left several wounded and one dead. It was only the start of a hate-fueled cross-country rampage.

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    Linda, Interrupted

    Linda, Interrupted

    Linda Millar's brief life was full of tragedy. Her secrets found their way into novels thanks to her celebrated parents, Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar. It's time to see who she really was.

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    5 True Crime Books You Should Read This November

    5 True Crime Books You Should Read This November

    Art heists, fugitive hunts, and a killing at Harvard.

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    10 International True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To Now

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    A Long Fall from Grace: The Trial of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's Former Security Chief

    A Long Fall from Grace: The Trial of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's Former Security Chief

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    Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers

    Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers

    After killing off Sherlock Holmes, why did Arthur Conan Doyle take a detour into true crime writing with the story of a bloody mutiny?

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