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    My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

    My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

    On Hauntings, Murder, and the Terrifying Blankness of Erasure

    By J. W. Ocker | October 28, 2019

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Jolly One

    By Tori Telfer | October 24, 2019

    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    Talking Mafia History in A Former Mafia Stronghold

    By Nancy Bilyeau | October 24, 2019

    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, <em>Savage Holiday</em>

    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    By Michael Gonzales | October 23, 2019

    "The Most Spectacular Court Procedure in the Entire Life of the County"

    Sarah Graham was murdered by her husband and his new wife. Temperance advocate Emma Molloy helped them with the coverup. Inside the strangest murder case in Missouri history.

    By Larry E. Wood | October 23, 2019

    Stieg Larsson's Unfinished True Crime Investigation into an Assassination: Day 1

    Stieg Larsson's Unfinished True Crime Investigation into an Assassination: Day 1

    For decades after the Swedish PM was assassinated, the future crime novelist waded through a web of conspiracies and extremists.

    By Jan Stocklassa | October 21, 2019

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    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
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    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
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    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
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    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    By Noah Berlatsky | October 21, 2019

    An Ancient History of Piracy

    By David Abulafia | October 21, 2019

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of October

    By CrimeReads | October 17, 2019

    Susan Isaacs Has Some Very Helpful Pointers When It Comes to Finishing Your Book

    Susan Isaacs Has Some Very Helpful Pointers When It Comes to Finishing Your Book

    "Writing is a job. You have to work regular hours and show up even when you’d rather be doing something else."

    By CrimeReads | October 16, 2019

    Suzane Von Richthofen: Teenage Romance, Teenage Killers

    Suzane Von Richthofen: Teenage Romance, Teenage Killers

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Evil Blonde

    By Tori Telfer | October 9, 2019

    About That Pitch Black Night When Elvis Shot Robert Goulet (Sort Of)

    About That Pitch Black Night When Elvis Shot Robert Goulet (Sort Of)

    An infamous night in music history, as told by the creator of Disgraceland, the rock 'n roll true crime podcast.

    By Jake Brennan | October 9, 2019

    Who's Buried in John Dillinger's Tomb?

    Who's Buried in John Dillinger's Tomb?

    The long afterlife of America's favorite outlaw.

    By Crawford Smith | October 7, 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of October

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of October

    The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

    By Camille LeBlanc | October 4, 2019

    Who's Missing from the Michelle Carter Documentary? Michelle Carter Herself.

    Who's Missing from the Michelle Carter Documentary? Michelle Carter Herself.

    A new documentary about Michelle Carter demonstrates a still-limited vocabulary when it comes to talking about female criminals and mental health.

    By akankshasingh | October 4, 2019

    How Mary Roberts Rinehart, Queen of the Mystery Novel, Was Very Nearly Murdered

    How Mary Roberts Rinehart, Queen of the Mystery Novel, Was Very Nearly Murdered

    She was the grande dame of American crime fiction, at the height of her powers, when she fell into a murder mystery of her own.

    By Sarah Weinman | October 3, 2019

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