The Art of Crime

Gavin Whitehead

artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is a history interview podcast examining intersections between true crime and the arts, with external guests typically consisting of historians and nonfiction authors discussing their books and specialized research. PR agencies could credibly pitch published historians, biographers, authors of narrative nonfiction, and scholars whose work connects crime with film, literature, or cultural history; booking difficulty is medium because strong subject expertise and relevant published work appear necessary.

Metrics

Episodes: 105

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Gavin Whitehead - Historian, writer, and podcast host focused on the intersections of crime, history, and the arts.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published historians, biographers, and nonfiction authors with specialized expertise in crime history, cultural history, or the relationship between crime and the arts.
Required Achievements:  
Published nonfiction book, Recognized expertise in a specialized historical subject, Research connecting crime with film, literature, or cultural history

Recent Guest Discussions

Bench Ansfield - The 1970s Bronx Arson Crisis, Landlord Insurance Fraud, Displacement, And The Bronxploitation Film Genre.

Jonathan Gill - The Life Of Hollywood Filmmaker And Cold War Double Agent Boris Morros, Including His Espionage For Soviet And American Interests.

Margalit Fox - Fredericka Mandelbaum, A Nineteenth-century New York Crime Boss, And The Historical Context Of Her Criminal Career.

Recent Topics

True Crime, Art, History, Film, Biography

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Art of Crime
:

Born in Flames (Beach Reads)

July 22, 2026

Today, we're joined by historian Bench Ansfield to talk about their breathtaking book, Born in Flames. It's about the arson wave of the 1970s, during which hundreds--yes, hundreds--of landlords in the Bronx set fire to their property to collect insurance. These crimes displaced thousands of Bronxites and killed a few, too. The crisis gae rise to a genre of sensationalist films Bench calls Bronxploitation that foreground poverty and vice in the borough. If you'd like to support the show, pleas...

Hollywood Double Agent (Beach Reads)

July 08, 2026

Today, we're joined by historian Jonathan Gill to talk about the amazing life of Boris Morros. After the Russian Revolution, Morros immigrated to America from Eastern Europe and became a big-time Hollywood filmmaker.  To an outside observer, his life would have seemed all glitz and glam, but what the public didn't know was that Morros was risking his neck every day as a double agent, spying for both the Soviets and the Americans throughout the 1940s. If you'd like to support the show, please ...

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum (Beach Reads)

July 01, 2026

This week, I'm re-releasing my 2024 interview with Margalit Fox, author of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum, a biography of the notorious nineteenth-century New York crime boss, Fredericka Mandelbaum. Next week, we're back with a brand-new interview. Until then!   If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast. 

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