• True Crime

    Fraud of the Century: The Ponzi Scheme, 100 Years Later

    In 1920, Boston’s Charles Ponzi gave a classic confidence trick its name. Why are investors still falling for such a notorious swindle?

    August 11, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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    My Life in True Crime

    Kim Powers' life has been spent writing about crime. But the suspicions about his own mother's death were kept secret.

    August 6, 2020  By Kim Powers
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    A Faked Obituary and the Search for a Missing Sister

    If my sister was dead, then why did her email have an account of her death written up before it happened?

    August 5, 2020  By Betsy Bonner
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    Whatever Happened to Eliot Ness After Prohibition?

    The legendary Prohibition agent who took on the Capone mob was banished from Chicago after his glory days. Why?

    August 5, 2020  By Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz
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    The Roaring Twenties—Prohibition, Cocktails, Crime and….Mystery Plays?

    A run of murder mystery plays, many based on recent sensational real-life crimes, spiced up theater life in 1920s Chicago.

    August 4, 2020  By Susanna Calkins
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    It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

    Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

    August 3, 2020  By Catherine Ryan Howard
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    The Power—and the Responsibility—of True Crime Writing

    "From childhood, we are hardwired to be fascinated by danger, and by the dark potential of other humans."

    July 30, 2020  By Patrick Radden Keefe
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    True Crime Has Been Having a Moment for Three Centuries. But the New Era Is Different.

    Sarah Weinman takes stock of true crime, post-Serial.

    July 28, 2020  By Sarah Weinman
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    The Real Life Crimes Behind Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker

    This 1953 classic noir, the first to be directed by a woman, was based on the chilling exploits of a cheerful sociopath.

    July 27, 2020  By Harold Schechter
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    A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

    In 1882, in Chicago's most opulent hotel, a woman shot a man dead. Her defense would start a citywide debate about morality.

    July 20, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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