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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

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

In the new book, 'False Claims,' Lisa Pratta chronicles her years working undercover in Big Pharma.

By Lisa Pratta | June 3, 2025

Searching for the Elusive Stephanie St. Clair, New York's

Searching for the Elusive Stephanie St. Clair, New York's "Madame Queen"

She was a towering figure of the Harlem underground. So why don't we know more about her today?

By Mary Kay McBrayer | June 3, 2025

Rich Cohen on the Murder of Jennifer Dulos and His New Book, 'Murder in the Dollhouse'

Rich Cohen on the Murder of Jennifer Dulos and His New Book, 'Murder in the Dollhouse'

"[S]he misunderstood something about America, which is that the idyll isn't real. It's a kind of advertising."

By Kevin Canfield | May 29, 2025

1984: Enter the Crack Era

1984: Enter the Crack Era

Michael Gonzales on Harlem before and after crack.

By Michael Gonzales | May 16, 2025

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A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for the Lost Boys of Houston

By Lise Olsen | April 2, 2025

Ashley Winstead On True Crime Obsession, Amateur Sleuths, and the Weight of Grieving

Ashley Winstead On True Crime Obsession, Amateur Sleuths, and the Weight of Grieving

"I wanted to make an argument in this book about why more and more people are drawn to true crime."

By Jenny Bartoy | March 27, 2025

James Whitfield Thomson on His Decades-Long Search for Answers to His Sister's Death

James Whitfield Thomson on His Decades-Long Search for Answers to His Sister's Death

The chronicle of a brother's investigation.

By James Whitfield Thomson | March 25, 2025

Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

In 1983, 25-year-old graffiti artist Michael Stewart died after a brutal police beating. Artists, musicians, and East Village denizens soon united in outrage.

By James Polchin | March 19, 2025

Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

Kitty Genovese's death was framed as the cost of urban callousness. But the true story is far more complicated—and contains far more humanity.

By Jacqueline Faber | March 13, 2025

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

Read a passage from Elon Green's new book, 'The Man Nobody Killed'

By Elon Green | March 11, 2025

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

Laura D. Fair was the talk of the booming city.

By Gary Krist | March 11, 2025

Escaping Slenderman’s Shadow: The Release of Morgan Geyser

Escaping Slenderman’s Shadow: The Release of Morgan Geyser

Kathleen Hale considers the lasting implications of a shocking trial

By Kathleen Hale | February 28, 2025

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