Jessica Derschowitz

Jessica Derschowitz is a New York-based writer and editor covering film, TV, theater and pop culture. You can read her work in Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire and more.

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Why Did Agatha Christie Disappear for 11 Days?

The true-crime author vanished from her England home in December 1926.

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Nick Yarris Spent 21 Years Behind Bars for a Crime He Didn’t Commit—Now His Story Is on Broadway

Yarris brings his story to the Great White Way with 'The Fear of 13'.

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Meet the Real Forensic Pathologist Who Inspired the ‘Scarpetta’ Series

Dr. Marcella Farinelli Fierro served as Virginia's chief medical examiner.

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From 'Chicago' to 'Dead Outlaw': All the Broadway Shows Inspired by Real Crimes

Leo Frank, Elmer McCurdy and more had their tales told on stage.

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How the 'Rope' Play and Alfred Hitchcock Film Explored Leopold and Loeb’s 'Perfect Murder'

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb killed Bobby Franks in 1924.

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Park Overall as Tyria Moore (left) and Jean Smart as Aileen Wuornos in OVERKILL: THE AILEEN WUORNOS STORY.

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Aileen Wuornos: Movies, Books and Podcast Episodes About America's First Female Serial Killer

What to watch, read and listen to for more on the female killer.

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John Wayne Gacy: Movies, Shows, Books and Podcast Episodes About the 'Killer Clown'

What to watch, read and listen to for more of the "Killer Clown."

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