The genre dates back to Edgar Allan Poe, but social media and a lack of public faith in criminal justice have changed the stakes for modern stories like The Jinx and Serial.
In her new book, Fields of Blood, Karen Armstrong argues against the idea that faith fuels wars.
How the real-life people who feed on blood became an organized community, with its own rules and traditions: An Object Lesson
The author discusses New York's sodium battle, "nanny state" accusations, and the science of high blood pressure.
When an animal’s body consists almost entirely of leg, its biology gets really weird.
Have girl, will travel
Just as the mind recoils at the sight of a single book burned, the spilled blood of an author inspires revulsion.