History Behind The Mystery
Join nationally recognized author, Max Allan Collins, as he takes you through his method for researching major historical developments and then using the information gathered about events, conflicts, characters, and culture to create a rich setting for our TRUE NOIR audio dramas.
Assassins, executions, show trials and TRUE NOIR!
Max Allan Collins takes aim at the trials of Cermak’s killer, Giuseppe Zangara, and noted Chicago mobster Frank Nitti. He also provides insights into how this chapter of Nathan Heller’s first mystery defines the heroic detective in the future.
Assassination gone wrong? Things get wild in Miami.
Max Allan Collins explains why he takes Nate Heller in a direction so often avoided by other noir detectives – into the arms (and bedroom) of a virgin paramour.
Things get a little “spicy” when Nate goes to Tower Town.
Max Allan Collins explains why he takes Nate Heller in a direction so often avoided by other noir detectives – into the arms (and bedroom) of a virgin paramour.
Max takes a deep dive into TRUE NOIR’s 4th chapter.
Creator Max Allan Collins provides some background on how “The Outfit” operated during the Prohibition Era in Chicago and gives us a deeper look into “Tower Town”
Heller’s holidays aren’t so great in TRUE NOIR’s third chapter.
Max Allan Collins provides some insights into the characters and events referred to in “Merry Christmas, Mr. Heller”
Max talks about the history behind “Visiting Hours”
Max Allan Collins talks about character development and some of the research he put into the second episode of TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak – “Visiting Hours.”
Take a closer look at the history behind “The Nitti Raid”
Join author Max Allan Collins as he takes a closer look at the attempted murder of mob boss Frank Nitti by the Chicago police and mayor Anton Cermak.