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The KGB Librarian Who Smuggled Soviet Secrets into the West

The KGB Librarian Who Smuggled Soviet Secrets into the West

An excerpt from "The Spy in the Archives: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB" by Gordon Corera

By Gordon Corera | January 6, 2026

How Writing Workshops Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Begin to Heal

How Writing Workshops Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Begin to Heal

J.D. Mathes on taking control of stories and releasing trauma through narrative

By J.D. Mathes | December 22, 2025

The Strange History of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Las Vegas Private Eye

The Strange History of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Las Vegas Private Eye

How the lives of a famous author and a Vegas sleuth intersected in sensational fashion.

By James T. Bartlett | December 17, 2025

How an Opponent of Capital Punishment Put a Serial Killer on Death Row

How an Opponent of Capital Punishment Put a Serial Killer on Death Row

An excerpt from Dick Harpootlian's "Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South"

By Dick Harpootlian | December 16, 2025

Gianni Russo on the Mafia, Unions, and Why You'll Never Find Jimmy Hoffa's Remains

Gianni Russo on the Mafia, Unions, and Why You'll Never Find Jimmy Hoffa's Remains

An excerpt from "Mafia Secrets: Untold Tales from the Hollywood Godfather"

By Gianni Russo | December 3, 2025

American Crime: The True Story of a Stalking in Kansas

American Crime: The True Story of a Stalking in Kansas

An excerpt from Corey Mead's "The Pursued"

By Corey Mead | December 1, 2025

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Feeding the Media Monster: How America Became Obsessed with True Crime

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

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Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | November 3, 2025

The Texas Murder Mystery That Launched Skip Hollandsworth Into a Life of Crime Writing

The Texas Murder Mystery That Launched Skip Hollandsworth Into a Life of Crime Writing

In an excerpt from the new book, 'She Kills,' Skip Hollandsworth remembers the hometown mystery he could never solve.

By Skip Hollandsworth | October 28, 2025

Smuggling Cocaine, Cartel Gunfights, and More: The Death-Defying Life of an Undercover Agent

Smuggling Cocaine, Cartel Gunfights, and More: The Death-Defying Life of an Undercover Agent

Kevin Canfield in Conversation with Martin Suarez and Ian Frisch, authors of the new memoir, 'Inside the Cartel'

By Kevin Canfield | October 27, 2025

How Controlling and Coercive Behavior can lead to Murder

How Controlling and Coercive Behavior can lead to Murder

"Often the behavior creeps up on a victim over time, such that they aren’t even aware they are being abused."

By Felix Francis | October 21, 2025

Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

"The cracks started small—like most disasters...Somewhere in the wires, millions of bitcoins had vanished."

By Jake Adelstein | October 17, 2025

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

The Author of “The Four Spent the Day Together” on Researching the Nagamo Trail Murder

By Chris Kraus | October 16, 2025

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