A collection of 13 posts
William J. Mann’s new book about the notorious Black Dahlia case is a valuable corrective to the cottage industry of speculative theories that proliferated after her murder in 1947.
Is telling lies about someone after they die okay if that someone was a very bad person?
How sex abuse has gone undetected inside Australia’s childcare sector.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
Why women love true crime.
How two bungling American assassins travelled over 7,000 miles to settle a grudge, and then turned their trial into a nine-year circus.
Prince Jones, Carlton Jones, and the evasions of Ta-Nehisi Coates.
When grandiose men are humiliated, the fallout turns catastrophic.
The self-exoneration and re-incrimination of Jens Soering.
Several factors cast doubt on the accuracy and/or veracity of the complainant’s account.
It’s rare for police to take any action against a woman who claims that she was sexually assaulted, even when there is evidence that she is lying.
The subject of Bob Dylan’s famous 1976 protest song was probably guilty.