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    A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

    A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

    In 1882, in Chicago's most opulent hotel, a woman shot a man dead. Her defense would start a citywide debate about morality.

    By Dean Jobb | July 20, 2020

    The World Through Bonnie Parker's Eyes

    The World Through Bonnie Parker's Eyes

    On the trail of the Parker Gang, camera in hand...

    By Christina Schwarz | July 17, 2020

    July's Best Crime Nonfiction

    July's Best Crime Nonfiction

    11 new works of true crime to fill the dog days of summer, including memoirs, histories, and reportage.

    By CrimeReads | July 17, 2020

    The Deadly High-Speed Chase That Launched Miami into the 1980s

    The Deadly High-Speed Chase That Launched Miami into the 1980s

    In 1979, a shoot-out on a crowded Miami street was a prelude to a new era of growth, drugs, wealth, and crime.

    By Nicholas Griffin | July 15, 2020

    Kim Wall's parents remember the moment they learned their daughter had been murdered.

    Kim Wall's parents remember the moment they learned their daughter had been murdered.

    A Horrifying Revelation and A Family's Heartbreak

    By Ingrid and Joachim Wall | July 15, 2020

    A Heist on Time and a Half: Inside The Most Corrupt Police Squad In The Nation

    A Heist on Time and a Half: Inside The Most Corrupt Police Squad In The Nation

    At a pivotal moment in Baltimore's history, one cop ran his squad like a war machine. The corruption and abuse would soon spread.

    By Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg | July 13, 2020

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    7 International True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

    By Paul French | July 13, 2020

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

    By Rose Andersen | July 10, 2020

    The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

    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

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

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

    The history of music is full of outlaws and criminals, killers and their victims, shady dealers and backstage dreamers...

    By S.W. Lauden | June 29, 2020

    Queer True Crime: <br>A Reading List

    Queer True Crime:
    A Reading List

    "Queer people have always had a relationship to crime—often by force rather than choice. Our very existence has been outlawed, criminalized, medicalized."

    By James Polchin | June 18, 2020

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

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

    In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

    By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

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