A new book emphasizes the life, rather than the death, of Elizabeth Short, whose 1947 murder reflected a nation on edge. By Gary Baum Senior Writer Author William J. Mann’s 2014 true-crime tome, ...

Nearly 80 years have passed since the gruesome murder of Elizabeth Short shocked a nation recovering from war. Since then, the unsolved case has inspired numerous movies, television dramas and books, ...

A pitfall lies in wait for the true-crime author who chooses to explore a grisly murder: Describing the killing in lurid detail may seem sensationalist, even sadistic. Yet in writing his new book, ...

Don Kinzler provides all the tips and tricks for getting in on the latest social media trend of growing big, beautiful dahlias. Dahlias produce flowers in a range of sizes, from tiny pompons to blooms ...

Kat Dennings may very well show up in future Marvel movies without ever stepping foot on a film set. The actor, who played astrophysicist Darcy Lewis in the Thor movies and WandaVision, revealed that ...

An amateur sleuth and self-taught cryptography expert is convinced he’s cracked the notorious unsolved Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders — and that the killer is the same man. Alex Baber — a 50-year-old ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

The holiday season has officially begun, and that means one thing—time for Christmas music! I love the classics, but as someone who listened to “Santa Baby” a million too many times while working ...