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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

How Controlling and Coercive Behavior can lead to Murder

How Controlling and Coercive Behavior can lead to Murder

"Often the behavior creeps up on a victim over time, such that they aren’t even aware they are being abused."

By Felix Francis | October 21, 2025

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

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

"The cracks started small—like most disasters...Somewhere in the wires, millions of bitcoins had vanished."

By Jake Adelstein | October 17, 2025

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

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

The Author of “The Four Spent the Day Together” on Researching the Nagamo Trail Murder

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

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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

The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

Terrence McCauley on conspiracy, memory, and a tragic event's distinct hold on the American imagination.

By Terrence McCauley | July 17, 2025

When the Attorneys Lose Faith in the Rule of Law

When the Attorneys Lose Faith in the Rule of Law

Gabriel Urza on the collapse of due process and the dangers of bad faith actors in the legal system.

By Gabriel Urza | July 8, 2025

Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

A 1908 murder in Upstate New York went unsolved for a century. The victim's ghost appeared to one author in a dream.

By Jerry C. Drake | June 18, 2025

Caroline Fraser On Serial Killers, Lead Poisoning, and Other Midcentury Disasters

Caroline Fraser On Serial Killers, Lead Poisoning, and Other Midcentury Disasters

The author of "Murderland" talks with Molly Odintz about the intersection of public policy and violent crime

By Molly Odintz | June 13, 2025

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