Adventures in the Archive

The Woman Behind the Myth: on William Mann’s “Black Dahlia”

Watch now (3 mins) | For far too long, too many true crime histories have focused almost exclusively on the violence perpetrated by a mostly male cohort…

Feb 3 • Chris Yogerst

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January 2026

It Can Happen Here

On the relevancy of Nuremberg (2025) and Douglas Kelley's Timeless Warning

Jan 27 • Chris Yogerst

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History Repeating

The first time Paramount tried to take Warner Bros.

Jan 16 • Chris Yogerst

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December 2025

What the Warner Bros. Sale is Really About

History. Legacy. Prestige. Power.

Dec 18, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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The Soul of Warner Bros. is Not for Sale

Plus, a new Warner Bros. history class, and my columns in THR and LA Times

Dec 8, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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November 2025

The One and Only Joan Crawford

On Scott Eyman's definitive biography

Nov 23, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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Memories of the Blacklist...

Hollywood's Committee for the First Amendment and Resurrecting the Past

Nov 10, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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October 2025

Panic Broadcast Aftermath

On Orson Welles' War of the Worlds (1938)

Oct 31, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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When We First Met Ghostface

How Hitchcock's Psycho Inspired Scream's Killer Opening Scene

Oct 28, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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Out now! The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The first full-length study of this iconic film!

Oct 21, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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How to Exit an Era of Digitized Hate?

On media literacy

Oct 18, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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Image is Everything

Daniel Boorstin and Pseudo-Events in the 21st Century

Oct 13, 2025 • Chris Yogerst

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