A UK crime historian and broadcaster shares long-form narrative accounts of notorious criminal cases, such as the 1979 San Diego school shooting and its police siege. Issues mix episode promotion with detailed, reported retellings of real events.
Website: https://www.murderhistorian.com
A blog-style newsletter from a German-based writer offering polemical commentary on German politics, media regulation and culture, alongside updates on the author's blog and true crime podcast. It also announces subscription changes and a new series on little-known German murder cases.
Long-form explainers on American crime history, covering gangs in Los Angeles, Chicago and Texas as well as cases like Gary Webb's Dark Alliance reporting. Issues combine dates, figures and sourced facts with narrative context and caveats about the data.
A former Scotland Yard homicide detective explains how murder investigations work, using historical and modern cases such as Jack the Ripper, the Yorkshire Ripper and Chris Watts. Readers get first-person anecdotes from policing alongside case analysis that treats victims as people rather than names on a list.
Original courtroom reporting and analysis of high-profile US criminal trials, written by a journalist who attends the proceedings in person. Readers get detailed accounts of verdicts and sentencings plus commentary on trial coverage and online discourse.
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