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Ziegfeld’s Folly: The Actress, the Showman, and the Mystery of the Missing Jewels

Ziegfeld’s Folly: The Actress, the Showman, and the Mystery of the Missing Jewels

Dean Jobb on a classic show business heist.

By Dean Jobb | November 19, 2025

Eli Frankel: I Was the Last Person to Interview the Black Dahlia Murder Witness.

Eli Frankel: I Was the Last Person to Interview the Black Dahlia Murder Witness.

What she told me changes everything

By Eli Frankel | November 11, 2025

Feeding the Media Monster: How America Became Obsessed with True Crime

Feeding the Media Monster: How America Became Obsessed with True Crime

Harry N. MacLean on the intersection of crime, podcasts, and unbridled capitalism

By Harry N. MacLean | November 7, 2025

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | November 3, 2025

The Texas Murder Mystery That Launched Skip Hollandsworth Into a Life of Crime Writing

The Texas Murder Mystery That Launched Skip Hollandsworth Into a Life of Crime Writing

In an excerpt from the new book, 'She Kills,' Skip Hollandsworth remembers the hometown mystery he could never solve.

By Skip Hollandsworth | October 28, 2025

Smuggling Cocaine, Cartel Gunfights, and More: The Death-Defying Life of an Undercover Agent

Smuggling Cocaine, Cartel Gunfights, and More: The Death-Defying Life of an Undercover Agent

Kevin Canfield in Conversation with Martin Suarez and Ian Frisch, authors of the new memoir, 'Inside the Cartel'

By Kevin Canfield | October 27, 2025

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Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

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Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

By Chris Kraus | October 16, 2025

<em>In Cold Blood</em>, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

In Cold Blood, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

60 years after the publication of Capote's masterpiece, one detail evokes the history of homophobic crimes and shameful excuses, then and now

By Carsten Andresen | October 3, 2025

Joshua Sharpe on the Four Decade Quest to Catch the Killer of a Black Couple in Southern Georgia

Joshua Sharpe on the Four Decade Quest to Catch the Killer of a Black Couple in Southern Georgia

Kevin Canfield talks to the author about his work solving a famous cold case and righting a miscarriage of justice.

By Kevin Canfield | September 24, 2025

The Strange Death of Morris Markey

The Strange Death of Morris Markey

Mariah Fredericks considers the bizarre tale of the New Yorker writer found shot in his apartment.

By Mariah Fredericks | September 18, 2025

5 Books that Tackle the Realities of Domestic Violence

5 Books that Tackle the Realities of Domestic Violence

Stephanie DeCarolis looks at novels that "take on this difficult subject matter in a realistic and respectful way"

By Stephanie DeCarolis | September 15, 2025

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

Morgan Richter reminds us that there’s no business like shady business

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2025

Gregg Olsen On a Haunting Crime and The Snowballing Consequences of Trauma

Gregg Olsen On a Haunting Crime and The Snowballing Consequences of Trauma

Read an excerpt from Olsen's latest work of true crime, "Out of the Woods"

By Gregg Olsen | August 15, 2025

Lina Chern On the Real Life Detective Story That Haunts Her Still

Lina Chern On the Real Life Detective Story That Haunts Her Still

When a long-serving police officer died, he was lauded as a hero. The truth was far darker.

By Lina Chern | July 17, 2025

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