• True Crime

    The Boone Family, the Struggle for Kentucky, and the Kidnapping That Rocked Colonial America

    In 1776, thirteen year-old Jemima Boone wandered away from her family's settlement and into one of the era's fiercest land disputes.

    October 7, 2021  By Matthew Pearl
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    It's Time to Learn About the Lives of John Wayne Gacy's Victims—And Not Just the Labels Hung on Them

    Gacy's victims were too often dismissed as runaways and hustlers.

    October 6, 2021  By David Nelson
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    A Lover's Quarrel, A Dilapidated Mansion, and A Body in the Basement

    David Dominé nearly purchased a run-down Victorian home in Louisville, Kentucky. Years later, a body was discovered in the basement.

    October 5, 2021  By David Dominé
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    The Socialite Gangster Who Charmed the New York Literati

    Joey Gallo was the Mafia’s celebrity hitman. After an intellectual awakening in prison, he turned to writing.

    October 4, 2021  By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson
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    Of Baptists and Bootleggers: Remembering My Moonshine-Making Ancestors

    Making moonshine is a great American tradition. So is cracking down on its manufacture.

    October 1, 2021  By Daryl Gregory
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    The Forgotten History of the Far-Right, Pro-Nazi, Anti-Semitic "Christian Front"

    In the lead-up to WWII, a powerful organization of American Catholics worked to support Hitler and Nazi Germany.

    September 29, 2021  By Charles R. Gallagher
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    How a Book by an Ex-KGB Officer Upended Joseph Weisberg's World

    In 2004, the future creator of 'The Americans' was working for the CIA when he read a book by Victor Cherkashin and recognized himself in descriptions of the KGB workplace.

    September 29, 2021  By Joseph Weisberg
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    How the CIA Actually Recruits an Agent to Spy on His Own Country

    Douglas London spent his career with the CIA. Here, he remembers the first agent he ever recruited overseas.

    September 28, 2021  By Douglas London
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    One Man's Life in Crisis Management, Mass Fatality Response, and Recovering the Dead

    Robert A. Jensen has been on the scene at nearly ever major disaster in the last thirty years. Those tragic experiences have given him a unique perspective on life.

    September 28, 2021  By Robert A. Jensen
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    5 Crime Nonfiction Books You Should Read This Month

    Spy recruiters, radical bombers, and wildlife run amok.

    September 27, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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