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If you're the type to cope with daily anxieties and stress by burying your head in a pile of riveting true crime stories—the devil you know, as they say—then do we have just the reading list for you.

True crime captures audiences in all media forms: TV shows, podcasts, documentaries, and, of course, books. But what makes a good true crime read? Traci Thomas, creator of “The Stacks” podcasts, said ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." True crime is having a moment. From serial killer adaptations to gritty memoirs and historic ...

True crime podcasts, documentaries, and books aren’t difficult to come across—in fact, quite the opposite. There’s so much content that touches on the genre these days that it’s difficult to know ...

Before true crime had its recent resurgence in American popular culture, I began investigating the murder of Lance Herndon, a Black man. In the spring of 2001, I was working as a magazine writer in ...

Gillian Pensavalle sits in her Manhattan apartment, preparing to watch a documentary for the third time. Her color-coded Google Doc is open, yellow highlights ready for names and dates, green for ...

There's a certain allure to true-crime stories that draws in readers. Some true-crime books tell stories otherwise untold — while others provide a unique perspective on highly publicized crimes. The ...

Ann Rule, a crime novels author, has died, her daughter confirms on Facebook. Rule lived in Normandy Park, Washington. She was 83. >> See her best sellers here Daughter, Leslie Rule, wrote on Facebook ...