• True Crime

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

    Notes from a road trip to Holcomb, Kansas, where Capote once chronicled the murder of the Clutter family.

    March 17, 2021  By Justin St. Germain
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    On Poisonings, Serial Killers, Mass Murderers, and Other Symbols of the Zeitgeist

    Why do some crimes become media sensations and cultural touchstones, while others more horrifying fade into obscurity?

    March 11, 2021  By Harold Schechter
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    The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

    The Romans took a pragmatic (and utterly horrifying) approach when it came to determining liability for killing and injury.

    March 10, 2021  By Emma Southon
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    Why Just About Every Country Seems to Have a Favorite Scam

    The "Canadian Paradox" and the economic geography of fraud, as explained by an economist and author.

    March 9, 2021  By Dan Davies
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    Killing Machines: How Car Culture in 1970s Los Angeles Fueled a Terrifying String of Murders

    Millions of cars and miles of freeway contributed to a dangerous cultural shift in a city choked with smog.

    March 9, 2021  By Chip Jacobs
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    My Novel Reopened A Cold Case. My True Crime Book Puts Ghosts To Rest.

    In 1973, my fiancé's mother was murdered. Decades later, I wrote a crime novel that reopened the case. I hope my true crime book can finally close the case for good.

    March 5, 2021  By Stephanie Kane
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    My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

    Liza Rodman remembers the first time she met Tony Costa, handyman, childhood companion, and murderer.

    March 3, 2021  By Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan
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    Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold

    An investigation into the human and environmental costs of your gold.

    March 2, 2021  By Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney
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    Also, SNL's True Crime Murder Song is Very Funny

    Just in case you missed it...

    March 1, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime Writers

    In 1985, Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were murdered in Muncie, Indiana. In the aftermath, a community banded together.

    February 26, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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