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On Cults, and the <br>Weight of Family

On Cults, and the
Weight of Family

Leaving a cult is hard. It's even harder when the cult is your family.

By Nile Cappello | February 19, 2020

Six Nonfiction Books You Should Read This February

Six Nonfiction Books You Should Read This February

Colonial Murders, Iconic Outlaws, Brilliant Criminalists, Driven Filmmakers, and Never-Solved Crimes

By CrimeReads | February 13, 2020

Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia

Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia

500 years ago, a scion of the infamous Borgias was murdered. Plenty had reason to murder him, but the exact culprit has never been discovered.

By Alyssa Palombo | February 13, 2020

The Unsettling Literature of Missing Persons

The Unsettling Literature of Missing Persons

Stories of waiting, of hoping, and of half-lives.

By Kathleen Donohoe | February 13, 2020

Four True Crime Cases Where DNA Evidence Yielded Unexpected Results

Four True Crime Cases Where DNA Evidence Yielded Unexpected Results

A brief look at some forensic, genetic puzzlers

By Joanna Schaffhausen | February 12, 2020

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims

A hundred years ago, a 'criminalist' deciphers the story behind a murder from a single ear.

By Kate Winkler Dawson | February 11, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Life and Legend of
Calamity Jane

By Karen R. Jones | February 11, 2020

The True Crimes of Dallas: A Lifetime's Obssesion

By Kathleen Kent | February 11, 2020

Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice

By Lawrence Dudley | February 10, 2020

Printing Novels in the Gulag

Printing Novels in the Gulag

How Soviet prisoners turned to 19th century detective fiction to while away the long hours.

By Varlam Shalamov | February 10, 2020

My Brother Moochie and Me

My Brother Moochie and Me

We can't reconcile the worst actions of those we love with our love for them. Nor should we try.

By Issac J. Bailey | February 6, 2020

On the Trail of Hollywood's Stolen Oscars

On the Trail of Hollywood's Stolen Oscars

Olivia Rutigliano navigates the strange, semi-secret marketplace for Hollywood's most coveted statues.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2020

My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

In 1943, a Harvard librarian was quietly recruited by the OSS to save the scattered books of Europe.

By Kathy Peiss | February 5, 2020

Domestic Violence Homicide Is a Preventable Crime. So Why Aren't We Preventing It?

Domestic Violence Homicide Is a Preventable Crime. So Why Aren't We Preventing It?

Rachel Louise Snyder on domestic violence, preventable homicide, and her work of nonfiction, No Visible Bruises

By Lisa Levy | February 5, 2020

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of the Month

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of the Month

January's Best CrimeReads Features

By CrimeReads | January 31, 2020

Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case

Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case

A brief introduction to the principal figures of a complex case earning comparisons to To Kill A Mockingbird

By Nile Cappello | January 28, 2020

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