• True Crime

    The CIA's Dark History of Employing Former Nazis in Postwar Europe

    The young agency looked for German expertise in battling communism. In one Prussian aristocrat, it found the rotten core of Nazi extremism—and put him to work for the US.

    September 3, 2020  By Scott Anderson
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    The Sad, Surprisingly Relatable Story Behind the "Astronaut Love Triangle" Scandal

    In 2007, astronaut Lisa Nowak made a careful list and drove from Florida to Texas with a pistol, a knife, pepper spray, and diapers.

    September 3, 2020  By Kimberly C. Moore
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    When a White Man Breaks the Law

    He was growing weed as a white man in Appalachia. His casual outlaw existence was a form of privilege in a grossly inequitable system.

    September 2, 2020  By Alison Stine
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    Six True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    Plus, one critical study of detective fiction every serious crime reader needs.

    August 28, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Forensics on Trial: America’s First Blood Test Expert

    The forgotten story of a murdered woman, an Ohio chemist, and a legal system reluctant to let science into the courtroom.

    August 28, 2020  By Brandy Schillace
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    My Top Five Female Detectives, Real and Imagined

    An author takes a look back at some of the most iconic women crime-solvers.

    August 28, 2020  By Bella Ellis
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    Surveillance Cameras Are Everywhere. And They're Only Going to Get More Ubiquitous.

    A crime writer's thoughts on our increasingly watched world.

    August 26, 2020  By Laura Griffin
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    What the Mythology of El Chapo Guzmán Tells Us About the Reality of Drug Trafficking in the Americas

    Was he a bandit, a ruthless killer, or a sacrificial lamb set up by other leaders? Answers are elusive, and that's the point.

    August 25, 2020  By Alan Feuer
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    How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

    Ed Cantrell went to Wyoming and cast himself in the mould of Western gunslinging icons. Then, he was charged with murder.

    August 14, 2020  By Rone Tempest
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    Faces on the Milk Cartons: The Lost Boys of Des Moines

    In the 1980s, three Iowa boys went missing. Their disappearances loomed large in my childhood, and have haunted me ever since.

    August 13, 2020  By Kali White
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