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    My sister's overdose looked like an accident. It may have been murder.

    My sister's overdose looked like an accident. It may have been murder.

    A writer investigates the suspicious death of her younger sister, tied to a wider crime story involving drugs, robberies, and homicide.

    By Rose Andersen | July 10, 2020

    The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

    The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

    Murder in the Skies, An International Cover-Up, and No Resolution

    By Ravi Somaiya | July 8, 2020

    Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

    Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

    How many people disappear into the wild? Jon Billman searches for an answer—and for one woman vanished in the mountains.

    By Jon Billman | July 7, 2020

    The Rival Casinos That Built Hot Springs, Arkansas into an Unlikely Capital of Vice

    The Rival Casinos That Built Hot Springs, Arkansas into an Unlikely Capital of Vice

    One was a lavish, sophisticated club. The other was a second story gambling den run by a washed out, corrupt cop.

    By David Hill | July 7, 2020

    10 True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening to This Summer

    10 True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening to This Summer

    It's summer. You're going to need some cold case investigations.

    By Lizzy Steiner | July 2, 2020

    How an Alaska Beach Became, For One Golden Summer, a

    How an Alaska Beach Became, For One Golden Summer, a "Poor Man's Paradise"

    In 1899, in the early days of the Gold Rush, miners transformed an Alaska beach into a bold experiment in common property.

    By Paul Starobin | June 30, 2020

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    • I Liked Rex
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    • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

    Let It Bleed: Anti-heroes at the crossroads of crime fiction and popular music

    By S.W. Lauden | June 29, 2020

    Queer True Crime:
    A Reading List

    By James Polchin | June 18, 2020

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    A look at the month's best crime nonfiction.

    By CrimeReads | June 12, 2020

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.

    By Michael Gonzales | June 11, 2020

    The True Crime Bond

    The True Crime Bond

    On Inheriting My Mother's Obsession with Murder

    By Marcia Trahan | June 11, 2020

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Crime and the City explores the crime literature of Australia's biggest metropolis.

    By Paul French | June 8, 2020

    One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

    One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

    An author's day-by-day account of her husband's disappearance.

    By Aspen Matis | June 8, 2020

    The Classics of Boxing Literature

    The Classics of Boxing Literature

    For thousands of years, writers have been depicting and interrogating fight culture.

    By David Albertyn | June 5, 2020

    A Conversation with a Serial Killer About the First Time He Killed a Taxi Driver

    A Conversation with a Serial Killer About the First Time He Killed a Taxi Driver

    "There was no special feeling of pleasure, or fear . . . nothing. I don’t remember feeling anything."

    By Carlos Busqued | June 3, 2020

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