Crime Story

"...get a bang (no pun intended, honest) out of Crime Story's extremely satisfying climax. Rarely do we get to..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crime Month: Down Those Mean Streams

Nordic noir and other criminal pleasures worth streaming

"...field day, and streaming services are providing so much crime fiction, viewers have trouble keeping track of it all...."

July 20, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...July is Crime Month around here, so as part of our celebration..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Progress Being Made at APD Crime Lab

Number of untested rape kits continues to fall

"...Finally, real progress is being made toward clearing the..."

Aug. 7, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Hightower Report: Who Says Crime Doesn't Pay?

For big banks, maybe crime does pay

"...to the settlement, so the bottom line is that crime can actually pay – if it's big enough...."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cali Anti-Crime Initative Backer Popped on Drug Charges

Oh, the sweet irony of the drug war. This time we go to California where Broadcom founder is in trouble for spiking drinks with E.

"...out, the biggest financial backer of state lawmakers' biggest "anti-crime" initiative is now facing a possibility of 340 years..."

Sept. 30, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...treading some unsafe ground." – "Six Bells Chime," by Crime & the City Solution, from the soundtrack to Wim..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...girls at a North Austin yogurt shop – a crime both insist they took no part in...."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Uncorking the Story to the True Crime/Comedy Podcast Wine & Crime

Amanda Jacobson pairs vino reviews with different varietals of lawbreaking

"...around, thanks to an influx of women covering true crime, often via podcast and often with a wicked sense..."

July 12, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab

The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?

"...criminal defense attorneys, survivors of sexual assault and other crimes, and their alleged attackers...."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Not a Hate Crime, Definitely Not a Hate Crime

Things aren't getting better for queers in Texas

"...Trevino that the attack was absolutely not a hate crime. This is purportedly because no one heard derogatory slurs..."

Sept. 6, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

D.A. Candidates Focus on Safety, Data Shows Austin Crime Rates Decreasing

Austin was the safest big city in Texas in 2022

"...metric for judging safety in cities is the annual crime rate, then the answer to that question is unequivocal:..."

March 5, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Recommended True Crime Podcasts

Fill your auditory canals with nefarious activities

"...you've yet to venture down the dark alley of crime podcasts and need some tips for where to start,..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...Currie Foster. Noreen Cedeño. Kathy Waller. They're sisters in crime, and they write – and read – and are..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

July Is Crime Month

As summer heats up, the 'Chronicle' runs afoul of the law, in fiction and nonfiction

"...a curiously large number of new mystery and true crime books slated for summer release was dumped off at..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin

The rise and fall of the Junkyard King

"...L.A. is, of course, a global noir capitol, of crimes both real and imagined. It's the city of Raymond..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime

Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor leapt to judgment on Morton

"...in these jobs," Anderson wrote in his 1997 book, Crime in Texas: Your Complete Guide to the Criminal Justice..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Penfold Theatre's Crime and Punishment

In this stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, a fascinating glimpse into the more twisted corners of the human mind

"...The popularity of true crime podcasts and documentaries has soared as of late. There's..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Crime Lab Cover-Up?

APD admits to long-running wrongdoings with its evidence

"...late-afternoon Friday news dump kind of thing: The department's crime lab, shuttered since June after consultation with the Texas..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Did Failures at APD’s Crime Lab Lead to Sexual Assaults in Houston?

Rape case goes unprosecuted due to contaminated DNA evidence

"...rape responsible in part for shutting down Austin Police's crime lab was, until Tuesday, in custody in Harris County,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...already tried and failed to convict him of the crime, at a trial six months earlier. He didn't explain..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Exploring the Life and Death of Jennifer Cave in True Crime Podcast The Orange Tree

Former UT students Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler find a history of murder on campus

"...Apple Podcasts, and into the top 10 for true crime. For Butler, the overwhelming popularity is still a little..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by David Sotelo

Small Town Crime Is a Nasty Bit of Noir

The Nelms brothers and John Hawkes team up for trouble

"...frame stumbling drunkenly out of bed in Small Town Crime, one recalls Elliott Gould's conversation with his cat in..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

July Is Crime Month: Q&A with Meg Gardiner

Local writer on her new thriller and her secret to success

"...Austin Chronicle: How did you get into writing crime novels specifically? I understand you were a lawyer, and..."

July 9, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

A Crime, Not Terrorism

"...doubt his actions were premeditated and rose to the crime of murder, but terrorism? No. This was a crime,..."

Nov. 22, 2009 Postmarks

Back to the Scene of the Crime With Heat 2

Austin author Meg Gardiner and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Mann team up for a literary sequel to the classic heist flick

"...the literary sequel to the director's increasingly deified epic crime movie, Heat. The 1995 original was a flick Mann..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

July Is Crime Month

"...in the Chronicle crew. Thus, we've decided July is Crime Month, and for four weeks, our writers and editors..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Police Seeking Leads in Hate Crime Investigation

Investigators, gay bars ask for information on Saturday's attack

"...said they are investigating the attack as a hate crime and have asked the community to come forward with..."

Jan. 22, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Crime Lab: Evidence of Improvement?

Audits on active forensic labs expected to begin before July's end

"...party to run an audit on the five remaining crime labs currently in operation – those for blood alcohol/toxicology,..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

These New Crime Thrillers Make Killer Presents

Following the deadly stalkers through the stacks of Mulholland

"...that is: The ones populating any number of modern crime thrillers and violence-riddled mysteries that feature detectives (private or..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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