• True Crime

    The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

    "Perhaps we prefer to believe that the girls and women of the IRA and other radical groups were somehow tricked into joining, that they were naïve, that a man was somewhere in the background pulling the strings."

    April 8, 2021  By Flynn Berry
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    A Former IRA Bank Robber On Writing A Heist Novel Based on a Long-Unsolved Crime

    In 1976, Richard O'Rawe was robbing banks for the IRA. A year later, he was in prison. And now, he's put a unique twist on the infamous Northern Bank robbery.

    April 6, 2021  By Richard O'Rawe
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    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    April 1, 2021  By Victoria Wiet
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    Stranger Than Fiction: Bigamy, Jealousy, and Foul Play from the Annals of True Crime

    The real-life bigamists whose wild stories inspired a new thriller.

    March 31, 2021  By Shelly Ellis
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    Welcome to Extinction City: Inside The Lawless Zones That Provide Safe Harbor for International Animal Traffickers

    "How animals are trafficked is only one of the best-kept secrets of the international criminal underworld."

    March 30, 2021  By Will Staples
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    Six Books That Explore How an Act of Violence Can Change Families, Communities, and Generations

    These memoirs and novels follow the trauma as it radiates outward and across time.

    March 30, 2021  By Victoria Helen Stone
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    Seven True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    A look at the month's best new nonfiction crime.

    March 26, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

    The Sinking of the I'm Alone

    March 25, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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    The Actress, the Steward and the Ocean Liner: What Really Happened in Cabin 126?

    In 1947, Gay Gibson boarded the Durban Castle. By the end of the voyage, she would be dead at the hands of a crew member. And soon enough, her life and death would make their way into the pulps.

    March 25, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    The Murder That Stunned Gangland Philadelphia

    Hughie McLoon was a beloved figure on the streets of Philly, but that didn't save him from a stray bullet. Decades later, the question remains: who was the real target?

    March 25, 2021  By Allen Abel
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