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    Was Uncle Dino a Murderer?

    Was Uncle Dino a Murderer?

    Dino Taraporevala was a beloved family friend—until he murdered two elderly people in the street. Or did he?

    By Nev March | November 11, 2020

    The Deadly Art of Politics

    The Deadly Art of Politics

    "History, it seemed, was one long crime novel, an endless terrain of infractions littered with culpability and cunning."

    By Jeffrey Fleishman | November 10, 2020

    How One Writer Was Drawn Into a Decades Old Murder Mystery at Harvard

    How One Writer Was Drawn Into a Decades Old Murder Mystery at Harvard

    A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

    By Becky Cooper | November 10, 2020

    The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer

    The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer

    In the 1970s she led a string of high-profile, politically motivated art heists. Her legacy is still under hot debate.

    By Anthony Amore | November 10, 2020

    How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

    How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

    Amelia Norman, destitute and abandoned, attacked her former lover on the steps of the Astor House Hotel. Her trial would have surprising, and long-lasting, repercussions.

    By Julie Miller | November 6, 2020

    High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

    High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

    In 2001, Michael Gonzales visited the apartment of a hospitable actress and dealer. Soon it would be the site of a notorious murder.

    By Michael Gonzales | November 5, 2020

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    A gang of unscrupulous racists, with the support of prominent city figures, attacked New York City's Black community in the 1830s, and inspired novel forms of resistance.

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    The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

    The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

    After his execution for murder, William Corder's body was given to the dissectors, and his skin used to bind a book about his trial: just the start of the corpse's long afterlife.

    By Megan Rosenbloom | October 20, 2020

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    If there's one arena never in shortage of addictive crime stories, it's politics.

    By Lizzy Steiner | October 19, 2020

    How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever

    How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever

    When reformer Joseph Yablonski decided to challenge union boss Tony Boyle in an election, Boyle soon decided to rid himself of his rival—permanently.

    By Mark A. Bradley | October 16, 2020

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    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Coal country murders, books bound in skin, and code languages.

    By CrimeReads | October 16, 2020

    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    "While the cops are in the wireroom listening live for the street hustle, I’m at my desk with my herbal tea, listening to recorded calls. Tracing the money."

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    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    In 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot in a Newark steakhouse. His deathbed monologue would inspire an unusual literary legacy.

    By Michael Cannell | October 8, 2020

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