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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

Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era

Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era

In the 1980s, the city was ravaged by a new drug. But a new culture, born of the same streets, was on the rise, too.

By Michael Gonzales | February 20, 2020

A Modern-Day Explorer, a Costa Rican Jungle, and the Search for a Lost Son

A Modern-Day Explorer, a Costa Rican Jungle, and the Search for a Lost Son

Roman Dial's son hiked into the jungle and never returned. Dial launched an incredible years-long search for answers.

By Roman Dial | February 19, 2020

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia

By Alyssa Palombo | February 13, 2020

The Unsettling Literature of Missing Persons

By Kathleen Donohoe | February 13, 2020

Four True Crime Cases Where DNA Evidence Yielded Unexpected Results

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

The Life and Legend of <br>Calamity Jane

The Life and Legend of
Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Canary was a nonconformist icon of the old West. She was also a talkative, tall-tale-telling alcoholic in the right place at the right time to make herself a legend.

By Karen R. Jones | February 11, 2020

The True Crimes of Dallas: A Lifetime's Obssesion

The True Crimes of Dallas: A Lifetime's Obssesion

An author's enduring interest in hometown crime

By Kathleen Kent | February 11, 2020

Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice

Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice

75 years after the end of WWII, the search for stolen art continues.

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

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