• True Crime

    The Infamous Deeds and Postmortem Travels of William Corder

    After his execution for murder, William Corder's body was given to the dissectors, and his skin used to bind a book about his trial: just the start of the corpse's long afterlife.

    October 20, 2020  By Megan Rosenbloom
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    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    If there's one arena never in shortage of addictive crime stories, it's politics.

    October 19, 2020  By Lizzy Steiner
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    How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever

    When reformer Joseph Yablonski decided to challenge union boss Tony Boyle in an election, Boyle soon decided to rid himself of his rival—permanently.

    October 16, 2020  By Mark A. Bradley
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    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Coal country murders, books bound in skin, and code languages.

    October 16, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    "While the cops are in the wireroom listening live for the street hustle, I’m at my desk with my herbal tea, listening to recorded calls. Tracing the money."

    October 14, 2020  By Brian Selfon
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    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    In 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot in a Newark steakhouse. His deathbed monologue would inspire an unusual literary legacy.

    October 8, 2020  By Michael Cannell
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    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    "The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

    October 8, 2020  By Lisa Unger
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    The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

    In 1950s New Zealand, public fear over American pulp novels reached its unlikely peak, with one boy stabbed and another hanged for it.

    October 7, 2020  By Andrew Nette
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    The Civil War Hoax That Almost Took Down The Union

    In 1864, newspapers printed a message from the President threatening a new draft. Lincoln didn't write it. So who did?

    October 6, 2020  By Elizabeth Mitchell
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    Two Assassinations (and One Attempt) That Changed The Course of the Russian Revolution

    After the murder of a Chekist and an attempt on his own life, Lenin turned towards more draconian measures to consolidate power and contain international intrigue.

    October 2, 2020  By Jonathan Schneer
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