THIS WEEK: In 1899, Alfred Hitchcock was born (pictured above in Frenzy).
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- Rembert Brown and Spike Lee talk aboutBlacKkKlansman, sanitizing America’s radicals, and reevaluating the way we think about racism. | Time
- Gwenda Bond, the creator of “Dead Air” podcast, on the unsolved mysteries of her childhood, and the rise of the true crime podcast. | Salon
- “They collapsed on a bench and began gesturing strangely. Their pupils had shrunk, and they were sweating.” Tom Lamont on the inside story of the poisoning of a Russian agent. | GQ
- “There are good reasons for depriving convicted murderers of screen time.” A look at the ethics of true crime shows that put killers in the spotlight. | The New Republic
- A haunting new vision of John le Carré groundbreaking espionage novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. | CrimeReads
- Megan Abbott and Carolyn Kellogg on the intersection of science and culture and the thin line between friendship and rivalry. | The Los Angeles Times
- Meet Nico Walker, bank robber and debut novelist, who’s turned the ups and downs of his life in fodder for great crime fiction. | NPR
- For years, great works of Chinese art have been vanishing from museums—stolen. Alex W. Palmer investigates the pattern, and the persistent rumor about who might be behind the capers. | GQ
- True crime podcasts take on a taboo subject: violent children. | CrimeReads
- From The Silence of the Lambsto Strangers on a Train to Gone Girl: the Signature staff is counting down the top 100 thrillers of all-time. | Signature
- A reading list for when you’re finished reading/watching Sharp Objects and need to feel that high again. | Vulture
- Comic book legend Paul Levitz visits the ghosts of New York and looks at why the city has such a complex relationship with the violent past. | CrimeReads
- A crime reader’s guide to discovering (or re-discovering) Josephine Tey, mystery’s reluctant, and enigmatic icon. |CrimeReads
- When Paddy Moriarty disappeared after leaving the Pink Panther one Saturday night, all 11 residents of Larrimah, Australia became suspects, and amateur sleuths. | The New York Times
- Crime and the ‘City’ visits the Scottish Highlands and Islands and finds a fictional landscape with a high body count and some dramatic, possibly lethal, vistas. | CrimeReads
- In her latest dispatch from the far corners of the crime community, Tori Telfer profiles Megan and Laura: true crime addicts, best friends, and probation officers. | Crimereads
- Jay Schiffman delves into the crossroads of crime and sci-fi and picks 8 dystopian thrillers that conjure up the eerie world of Orwell. | CrimeReads
- Con artists, impostors, serial killers, and gangsters galore: a roundup of August’s best true crime releases. | CrimeReads
- August’s best debut crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers, selected by the editors of CrimeReads. | CrimeReads
- Samurai bureaucracy and iron-clad codes of honor: Susan Spann on crime and punishment in Shogun Era Japan. |CrimeReads
- Hollywood veteran and first time novelist Howard Michael Gould shines a spotlight on 6 under-appreciated crime comedies. | CrimeReads
