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Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | October 31, 2025

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

The Author of “The Four Spent the Day Together” on Researching the Nagamo Trail Murder

By Chris Kraus | October 16, 2025

Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Gilbert King Introduces the Case of Leo Schofield, Accused of Murdering His Wife Michelle

By Gilbert King | October 10, 2025

Against True Crime Sensationalism

Against True Crime Sensationalism

Prison Journalist John J. Lennon on Exploitative Entertainment and Life in Sing Sing

By John J. Lennon | September 24, 2025

John J. Lennon on Humanity in Prison and the Sensationalism of the True Crime Genre

John J. Lennon on Humanity in Prison and the Sensationalism of the True Crime Genre

Vauhini Vara Talks to the Author of “The Tragedy of True Crime”

By Vauhini Vara | September 22, 2025

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

Joshua Sharpe on the Horror and Aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders

By Joshua Sharpe | August 6, 2025

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How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

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On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

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By George Choundas | July 19, 2024

What Truman Capote’s <em>In Cold Blood</em> Reveals About Its Author's Intentions

What Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood Reveals About Its Author's Intentions

Rachael Hanel on Teaching a True Crime Classic to Incarcerated Women

By Rachael Hanel | July 8, 2024

Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

The Journalist and Suffragist Elizabeth Garver Jordan Covers a Macabre Media Sensation

By Elizabeth Garver Jordan | July 1, 2024

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Philip Eil Considers the Potentially Sensitive Nature of Book Promotion

By Philip Eil | April 10, 2024

A Brief Literary History of the Murder Ballad, in Honor of Beyoncé’s <em>Cowboy Carter</em>

A Brief Literary History of the Murder Ballad, in Honor of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter

Brittany Allen on the Long, Rich Tradition of Extremely Violent Popular Song

By Brittany Allen | March 29, 2024

Daniel Sweren-Becker on Playing Games with Readers

Daniel Sweren-Becker on Playing Games with Readers

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | March 26, 2024

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