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Our Obsession with Beautiful Dead Girls Is Keeping Us from Addressing Domestic Violence

Our Obsession with Beautiful Dead Girls Is Keeping Us from Addressing Domestic Violence

Why do we crave stories of violence, yet turn our faces from the reality of that violence?

By Jessica Moor | March 23, 2020

The Tools of Abuse: Why Technology Deserves a Place at the Heart of Modern Crime Narratives

The Tools of Abuse: Why Technology Deserves a Place at the Heart of Modern Crime Narratives

How abusers use phones and other devices to control their victims.

By Gytha Lodge | March 20, 2020

The Fantastical World of Crime Scene Investigation

The Fantastical World of Crime Scene Investigation

How our national obsession with crime stories is distorting the judicial system

By Victor Methos | March 13, 2020

5 True Crime Books to Read This March

5 True Crime Books to Read This March

A look at the month's best crime nonfiction.

By CrimeReads | March 13, 2020

Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

Brawls, disappearances, executions, affairs and more affairs.

By Deanna Raybourn | March 12, 2020

Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist

Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist

She split the atom and fled the Nazis. History tried to erase her.

By Jan Eliasberg | March 11, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Poison Pen Letter: The Early 20th Century's Strangest Crime Wave

By Curtis Evans | March 10, 2020

Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

By Kevin Larimer | March 6, 2020

Cheerleaders, True Crime, and the American Dream

By Lizzy Steiner | March 4, 2020

Online Sleuths, Cold Cases, and The Early Days of a Very Particular Hobby

Online Sleuths, Cold Cases, and The Early Days of a Very Particular Hobby

Lori Rader-Day and Deborah Halber discuss crime-solving communities and the Doe Network.

By Lori Rader-Day | March 4, 2020

The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

Robert Stone recounts a visit to Kesey's fugitive camp, an encounter with a Mexican agent, and a long discussion about drugs and life.

By Robert Stone | March 3, 2020

Maude Collins: Ohio's First Female Sheriff

Maude Collins: Ohio's First Female Sheriff

After her husband was killed in the line of duty, Maude Collins served out his term. Then she ran for reelection—and won.

By Jess Montgomery | February 28, 2020

A Brief History of <br>After-Hours Clubs

A Brief History of
After-Hours Clubs

How new music, new drugs, and new communities sprang up in the legal gray zone known as the 'after-hours club.'

By Terry Williams | February 26, 2020

The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

By Laura James | February 25, 2020

People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime

By S.L. McInnis | February 24, 2020

Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

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