• True Crime

    Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

    The author's uncle was dosed with LSD and died outside a New York City hotel. Now, he's exploring that crime in a new thriller.

    March 6, 2020  By Kevin Larimer
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    Cheerleaders, True Crime, and the American Dream

    Dare Me, Cheer, and the prosecution of Brooke Skylar Richardson

    March 4, 2020  By Lizzy Steiner
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    Online Sleuths, Cold Cases, and The Early Days of a Very Particular Hobby

    Lori Rader-Day and Deborah Halber discuss crime-solving communities and the Doe Network.

    March 4, 2020  By Lori Rader-Day
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    The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

    Robert Stone recounts a visit to Kesey's fugitive camp, an encounter with a Mexican agent, and a long discussion about drugs and life.

    March 3, 2020  By Robert Stone
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    Maude Collins: Ohio's First Female Sheriff

    After her husband was killed in the line of duty, Maude Collins served out his term. Then she ran for reelection—and won.

    February 28, 2020  By Jess Montgomery
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    A Brief History of
    After-Hours Clubs

    How new music, new drugs, and new communities sprang up in the legal gray zone known as the 'after-hours club.'

    February 26, 2020  By Terry Williams
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    The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

    History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Laura James
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    People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

    The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime

    February 24, 2020  By S.L. McInnis
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    Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

    But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

    February 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era

    In the 1980s, the city was ravaged by a new drug. But a new culture, born of the same streets, was on the rise, too.

    February 20, 2020  By Michael Gonzales
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