THIS WEEK: In 1985, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the “Night Stalker,” committed his first two murders in a brutal killing spree across the state of California.
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- Mychal Denzel Smith on Menace II Society and the 1990s “hood films” that changed how America saw itself. | LARB
- The art of the expat Italian mystery: from Patricia Highsmith to Eric Ambler, from Tuscany to Sicily (and a quick stop in Venice). | CrimeReads
- Evelyn Nesbit, gilded era crimes, and turn-of-the-century child protection laws. | The Crime Report
- The Cuban revolutionaries, cops, and gamblers who went to the U.S. and launched a new mafia. | CrimeReads
- Camp as political protest, with a nod to grand guignol and true crime television. | The Guardian
- Your true crime inspiration of the day: the story of five infamous wine heists. | Wine Magazine
- Your guide to the essential true crime podcasts of Spring 2018. | CrimeReads
- On the story of the Cuban-American mafia, and what Scarface did (and didn’t) get right. | Vice
- Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye, and the story of American disillusionment as told by 1970s cinema. | Cinephilia & Beyond
- Natasha Bell on motherhood, creativity, and crime fiction. | CrimeReads
- Val McDermid’s secrets for aging gracefully in Edinburgh: walk outside when the weather’s good, use a treadmill when it isn’t, and eat lots of cheese. | The Guardian
- Marilyn Stasio’s latest round-up for the New York Times takes us from Venetian shops to the Alaskan wilderness, and into our own dark hearts. | The New York Times
- Alex Berenson details how cyber-espionage is changing the culture. | CrimeReads
- Barry Gifford’s may be best known for his Sailor and Lula novels, but we’ll always love him for all those Black Lizard Press reissues. | The L.A. Times
- Glasgow: city of razor gangs, modernist novels, punk music, substance abuse, and high culture. | CrimeReads
- Not just Al Capone: Chicago mystery writers talk the Midwestern metropolis’ thriving crime writing scene. | Chicago Mag
