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Sarah Weinman

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The Worst Thing About the Black Dahlia Case

Before her murder made her a true-crime obsession, Elizabeth Short was a real person. A new book tries to separate truth from myth in the infamous case.

by Sarah Weinman via The Atlantic
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on January 26, 2026

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

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Collage of William F. Buckley by Aaron Martin.

The Conservative and the Murderer

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

by Sam Adler-Bell via The New Republic on March 7, 2022

Title page of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Searching for the Elusive Man Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin

John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?

by Scott W. Stern via The New Republic on October 24, 2024

Cover image from "The Future is Female."

A Universe of One’s Own

Only in the science fiction genre can one compare an alien to a woman.

by Nicole Rudick via New York Review of Books on July 8, 2019

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