Twenty years after the job of “detective” was established in Britain, via the Criminal Investigation Division of the New Metropolitan Police in 1842, detectives began appearing on the stage. In Bri…

5 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. * Matt Kessler, The Wiregrass: A Tale of Murder and Retribution in the Deep South (Grand Centr…

Before it became a staple of videogames, the maze was a test of reason and courage, a way to find yourself by getting lost

“Weird” was only intended as a placeholder. When Weird Tales magazine debuted in 1923, the adjective in the title meant the same thing it means in

Minneapolis author Jack el-Hai is back with another compelling story pulled from the history books. This time, it involves an Apache man falsely accused of killing his wife and the mystery writer who ...

Eight centuries after the legends took shape, Arthur's world continues to inspire filmmakers, musicians, advertisers, and ideologues.

In “The Case of the Autographed Corpse,” Jack El-Hai reveals how the relationship between a celebrity author and a captive healer reopened a closed case.

Nine out of 10 people who have visited a physical bookshop in the last six months say the experience improved their mood, says a new poll from the Booksellers Association.More than three-quarters of…

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

Hannah Arendt’s homeland was populated with friends, most of them men—at least that is what her published correspondence would lead you to believe. The published letters between Arendt and her frie…

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Peter Swanson, Do You See What I See? (William Morrow) ““The case seems clear cut, but readers familiar with th…

No record from her lifetime says she had one. The earliest printed claim we found is from 1978. And the 1983 ruling at the center of it says neither thing.

Some say using synthetic biology to change the DNA of plants and animals could help species survive threats. Others say the technology is far too dicey.

Love letters were far from my mind when I began researching The Case of the Autographed Corpse, my book about the wrongful murder conviction of Apache medicine man Silas John Edwards and his partne…

It has been 80 years since the Nuremberg tribunal released its historic judgment, for the first time ruling that those responsible for the worst crimes known to humankind could be held individually cr...

Reading great novels should be an encounter that makes you more human, not more productive.

One summer day in 2015, I fell in love twice. I was not usually fickle, but always susceptible to paintings of the southwestern Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.