• True Crime

    How American Purity Culture Led To a Shocking Affair—and An Even More Shocking Murder

    When Brian Winchester and Denise Williams wanted out of their marriages, murder seemed a more palatable option than divorce.

    July 23, 2024  By Mikita Brottman
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    Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

    Michael Gonzales on the unsolved murder of a trailblazing model and New York City fixture.

    July 17, 2024  By Michael Gonzales
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    How the Underworld Exploited Jewish Women in Turn of the Century New York

    On the East Side, women from the garment industry were targets in an evolving system of crime and exploitation.

    July 16, 2024  By Dan Slater
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    Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Woman Who Organized 19th Century New York's Criminal Underworld

    Margalit Fox's new book puts a spotlight on a forgotten trailblazer of crime.

    July 11, 2024  By Margalit Fox
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    Margalit Fox on the Woman Who Organized Theft in 19th Century New York

    The woman at the center of Fox's new book, Fredericka Mandelbaum, built her own "crooked ladder."

    July 8, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    A Window Into the World of Those Who Search for the Missing

    On the quiet heroism of forensic scientists working to identify long-dead remains in former Yugoslavia

    July 2, 2024  By Taina Tervonen
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    Dean Jobb on the Gentleman Thief Who Charmed Jazz Age New York

    Arthur Barry cut a dashing figure around the city and referred to the people he robbed as "clients."

    July 1, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    Candy for the People: The Miami Murder Mystery That Transfixed America

    Sixty years ago, a high-profile murder gave America its first taste of true crime in the modern media age.

    June 28, 2024  By Gaspar González
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    The Con Artists Who Preyed on Gay Men In the Early 1900s

    James Polchin on the "real-life conmen...whose cons often profited from the prohibition and criminalization of homosexuals."

    June 27, 2024  By James Polchin
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    The Jewel Thief and the Prince of Wales

    One night in 1924, a charismatic thief took the Crown Prince on an unforgettable tour of Prohibition New York City.

    June 25, 2024  By Dean Jobb
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