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In 2006, Michelle McNamara began amateur-sleuthing cold cases. One of those cases was that of The Golden State Killer, a cold case she helped to crack, and which formed the basis of her 2018 book 'I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,' which is now an HBO docuseries.

Scarlett Harris












George Orwell's oft-banned book Animal Farm.

'Animal Farm'—George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet Russia featuring animals—turns 75 this year. Here's what you need to know about the oft-banned book.

Lucas Aykroyd












Nooning on the Platte by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1859

Who were the 400,000 American settlers who made the journey from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon and California on the Oregon Trail? Was it safer for them to caulk the wagon or to ford the river? And just how many died of dysentery?

Michael Salgarolo