“Following her exposure as Pauline Parker, Hilary Nathan decided to move from the village of Hoo to avoid further media attention. Her home was purchased by Andrew Ayres and his wife. The sale was set to be finalized on June 27 as Heavenly Creatures was going to be […]
Lauren Collins considers the curious case of Stéphane Bourgoin. “Stéphane Bourgoin became famous through his jailhouse interviews with murderers. Then an anonymous collective of true-crime fans began investigating his own story.” Read more here.
Hey, click through here to listen to the newest episode of Surreal Noir from friend of the Gutter Kate Laity! “Tonight’s episode dwells on Letty Lynton, which you may recall is a film, a novel by Marie Belloc Lownds and — gasp! — an early 20th century true […]
At The Chatner, Daniel Lavery shares, “Ongoing Public Conversations About True Crime Where “True Crime” Has Been Replaced By ‘Murder Ballads’.” Read it here. (Thanks, Kate!) Episode Titles for “…But There Was No One In The Glen.” Chapter One: Whatever happened to that nut-brown maid? “’Twa the most […]
At Chicago Magazine, Jake Malooley writes about the origins of Candyman (1992) in a piece about a murder in Chicago’s Grace Abbott Homes. “To get at the real horror behind Candyman, I knew I had to talk to Steve Bogira. Now 66, the veteran journalist covered race and […]
At Crime Reads, Emily Arsenault writes about poltergeist experiences, Tina Resch and Marcia Goodin. “For any poltergeist case, the first question is always: What was the actual cause? Ghost or supernatural force? An adolescent’s emotional turbulence? A fake? As I spent more time with these cases, however, I […]
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