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About That Time Whitey Bulger "Won" the Mass Millions Lottery

In 1991, a winning lotto ticket was sold at a South Boston Liquor Mart. The city's most notorious gangster claimed it was his.

By Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge | May 27, 2020

How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

Stranger danger and the specter of childhood.

By Paul Renfro | May 26, 2020

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Summer Reading Edition

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Summer Reading Edition

80+ crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and true crime books for the long summer days and nights ahead.

By CrimeReads | May 20, 2020

Five Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This May

Five Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This May

Journeys in Scandinavian Noir and Hunting Whitey Bulger

By CrimeReads | May 18, 2020

11 True Crime Podcasts About Sports You Should Be Listening to Now

11 True Crime Podcasts About Sports You Should Be Listening to Now

Live sports are on hold. Sports and crime podcasts are helping to fill the void.

By Lizzy Steiner | May 18, 2020

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Finding a version of the truth in a roster of fictional women lawyers.

By Karen Stefano | May 7, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Shooting the Front Page Photo in the 1930s

By Amanda Quick | May 5, 2020

The Bizarre Newspaper Hoax That Nearly Ruined Lizzie Borden

By Dean Jobb | April 30, 2020

The State of Crime Writing in 2020: Part 1

By CrimeReads | April 28, 2020

Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

Her code name was The White Mouse, and she once killed a German soldier with her bare hands.

By Imogen Kealey | April 28, 2020

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught

Looking back on one of the Bureau's most confounding manhunts.

By Lis Wiehl | April 28, 2020

Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

Hollywood spies, assassins, and a forgotten kidnapping epidemic.

By CrimeReads | April 23, 2020

Why True Stories Don’t Always <br>Make Good Fiction

Why True Stories Don’t Always
Make Good Fiction

His prison stories were visceral and true. But did they make for compelling fiction?

By David Moloney | April 22, 2020

How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

He was Mossad's master of disguises. The mission began one September afternoon in a Paris apartment.

By Stephan Talty | April 21, 2020

500 Years of True Crime

500 Years of True Crime

Long before In Cold Blood, there was a vast public appetite for sordid tales—and plenty of media ready to feed it.

By Grady Hendrix | April 16, 2020

The Hollywood Golden Age Producer Turned Cold War Spy

The Hollywood Golden Age Producer Turned Cold War Spy

Boris Morros went to Hollywood to reinvent himself at Paramount. His Soviet handlers came along for the ride.

By Jonathan Gill | April 14, 2020

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