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Murder Ballads, the Original True Crime
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Itโs hard to spend much time online these days without bumping into true crime of one form or another. Countless podcasts examine murders and trials, and television offers an…
When Characters Fake Their Own Deaths
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Pseudocide, or faking oneโs own death, offers a tantalizing escape from reality, and the possibility of starting fresh. Thereโs something thrilling about the idea of disappearing and starting over,…
A Haunting in Venice is the Best of Kenneth Branaghโs Poirot Adaptations, and an Engaging Film On Its Own
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I was impressed by A Haunting in Venice as much as I was relieved by it. I had always found it both delightful and intriguing that, of all the…
Jason Voorhees: Neurodivergent Icon?
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I was working the day that it happened, preparing meals. Jason shouldโve been watched every minute! He was โฆ he wasnโt a very good swimmer. โPamela Voorhees, Friday the…
Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, and the Birth of the Modern Serial Killer Novel
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Published in 1947, Dorothy Hughesโ noir novel In a Lonely Place is a masterpiece of crime fiction whose influence has extended to both books and films, including a 1950…
The Dark Humor of Millennial Crime Capers
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The millennial is a strange beast. Though โmillennialโ is factually the word to describe someone born between 1981 and 1996, hearing it conjures a number of confusing associations: weโre…
(Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations
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I have spent a lot of summer weekends on an island in Lake Huronโs Georgian Bay. Itโs a beautiful, wild, windswept place that can, as Gull Island does in…