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True Crime Thursday

The Last Western by Rone Tempest: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 6, 2020

Chapter 4: Boomtown I was beginning to think of Rock Springs in a way I knew I would always think of it, a lowdown city full of crimes and whores and disappointments… —Richard Ford, “Rock Springs” 1987   Two men walked into a bar. Actually, it was not yet a drinking establishment. Ed Varley’s family…

Q&A with Lis Wiehl, Author of Hunting the Unabomber

By John Valeri

April 23, 2020

Lis Wiehl is a bestselling author who served as a federal prosecutor in the United State’s Attorney’s office and was a tenured professor of law at the University of Washington. She appears frequently on CNN as a legal analyst and is the former co-host of WOR radio’s “WOR Tonight with Joe Concha and Lis Wiehl.”…

Gilded Age Women Who Got Away With Murder

By Mariah Fredericks

April 17, 2020

She couldn’t have done it… Nan Patterson Nan Patterson was young, she was pretty. In fact, she was a Floradora girl, one of the celebrated lovelies in the Broadway smash of that name. She came from a good family; her father worked in the Treasury Department. Surely, she couldn’t have killed a man. When Caesar…

A Murder Retold

By Stephanie Kane

April 15, 2020

We all have stories that make us write. When we’re kids, something grabs us and won’t let go. For crime writers, maybe it’s an unsolved murder that made the moms in our neighborhood lock the doors. Or something quieter, more personal, that makes us question who we are and what we know. My story became…

Case Closed Podcast Season 3: A Murder in Amish Country

By Crime HQ

April 14, 2020

Criminal Element is thrilled to share that the Case Closed podcast from Macmillan Podcasts is back with a new season! For the past two seasons, we’ve shared true crime stories that have been solved, so you always walk away feeling satisfied—no frustrating cliffhangers or ambiguous endings. Now, you can listen to season 3 early on…

Podcast Review: Body of Proof by Darrell Brown and Sophie Ellis

By J.B. Stevens

September 19, 2019

A recent transfer to Atlanta, and the resulting ninety-minute commute, led me down an audio content rabbit hole. My first venture into this world was Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. As the winner of the Booker of Bookers, Rushdie’s sprawling magical fiction merits its own review. With that said, I learned Midnight’s Children is not…

Book Review: American Predator by Maureen Callahan

By Gabino Iglesias

July 25, 2019

Journalist and author Maureen Callahan’s American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century exposes readers to one of the most calculating, coldblooded, and mysterious serial killers ever, Israel Keyes. While most people can easily name serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, few know about Keyes, and there…

Book Review: City of Omens by Dan Werb

By Larry Clow

June 21, 2019

For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city’s lifeline is brutally severed.

Book Review: Trace: Who Killed Maria James? by Rachael Brown

By Steve Erickson

June 13, 2019

Trace by investigative reporter and journalist Rachael Brown tells the story of Brown’s internationally acclaimed true crime podcast which reexamines the cold case murder of Maria James in Australia in 1980 and the potential foul-play of major institutions that disrupted progress. Maria James, a 38-year-old mother of two boys, was brutally murdered in her bookstore…

No More Daddy-Gift Issues: 5 Books for Your True-Crime-Fan Dad

By Jenny Maloney

June 6, 2019

Jenny Maloney provides a true-crime solution to the age-old question: what do I get Dad for Father’s Day? It’s that time of year again. Time to find the perfect gift for dad. Let’s face it, ties are just not that fun anymore. Aftershave doesn’t work that well in the summer months. And we’re all a…

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