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    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

    Confessions of a Conspiracy Theorist

    Confessions of a Conspiracy Theorist

    Do conspiracy thrillers serve a valuable, humanistic function? Or are they just plain dangerous?

    By Oliver Harris | April 14, 2020

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    Suing Hollywood

    By Tess Gerritsen | April 9, 2020

    Ludwig Bemelmans, Beloved Author of Madeline, Once Shot a Man.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2020

    Columbus, Ohio: From Cowtown to Crimetown

    By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | April 8, 2020

    The Strange, Sordid World of Elizabethan-Era True Crime

    The Strange, Sordid World of Elizabethan-Era True Crime

    Elizabethan England had a true crime phenomenon of its own, full of con artists, cannibals, wizards, and tales from prison.

    By Megan Campisi | April 7, 2020

    Cluster the Pieces: A Mother’s Killer, Found Through the Power of Language and Grief

    Cluster the Pieces: A Mother’s Killer, Found Through the Power of Language and Grief

    A daughter's grief, a forensics expert, and an unsolved murder.

    By Kristine S. Ervin | April 6, 2020

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    True crime becoming entertainment has enormous effects on the justice system.

    By Scarlett Harris | April 6, 2020

    The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

    The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

    Author Sara Foster on the growing world of true crime podcasting from down under.

    By Sara Foster | April 3, 2020

    The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

    The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

    A society under strain turned to wholesale abduction and ransom.

    By David Stout | April 1, 2020

    12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Spring

    12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Spring

    New Shows to Discover + New Seasons of Old Favorites = Never-Ending Podcast Binge

    By Lizzy Steiner | March 26, 2020

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The life, work, and strange times of Arnold Mesches

    By Alix Lambert | March 25, 2020

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