Crime time: Reading and the Evening Standard Start True Crime Series

Read the digital magazine and the newspaper app, today has launched a real retro series with the Evening Standard with some of the best -known crimes in the past 130 years.

This is the first time that he offers his readers a crime series and reacts to the latest examinations, which show that the appetite for reading in the genre 74 percent of people who say that the category read with reasons, including the psychological nature of a criminal (61%).

Leadly in app data show that real crime content creates the highest average reading time per issue in several genres, including history, lifestyle and celebrities. The BBC story shows an exceptionally strong commitment, with the issue thematic Victorian murder scandals exceeded the charts and everything about the story with a topic that explores the dark side of Da Vinci.

True crime content in lifestyle and entertainment magazines also lead in the reading time. Celebrity title, chat: Murder Most foul records an average reading time of 30 minutes per reader -the highest in this category. In the meantime, lifestyle magazines such as the crime scene and chat: True Crime Special show an even higher commitment with 44 or 35 minutes of average reading time per issue.

This is compared Categories in relation to where, according to his report from 2024, readers spend the longest time reading per session.

The true retro series for crimes comprises twelve editions from the Evening Standard, which covers some of the most notorious crimes and criminals in the course of history such as Jack the Ripper, the great train robbery, the serial killer Fred West House of Horrors and the Pearl robbery.

“True crimes often adds the pace of fiction and draws the readers with excitement and psychological intrigues. The category attracts readers to longer and more immersive reading sessions, with outstanding problems seeing average reading times well above the norm. The lifestyle, history and celebrity magazines on the subject of “true crime topic.

We are therefore happy to work with the Evening Standard to bring our fascinating, historical capsule to our subscribers. We endeavor to offer our subscribers the content of which they long for and oblige us to offer us the selection of magazines and newspapers together with publishers.“”Present says Chris Couchman, head of the content at read.

The true retro series of true crime includes:

● Jack the Ripper, the reporting on the last murder, November 10, 1888

● Loyalty Dr. Cripped Trial, October 18, 1910

● The pearl robbery, September 18, 1913

● Loyal NY Gangster in London underworld, August 30, 1930

● Ruth Elli's case (last woman who is executed in Great Britain), April 28, 1955

● The Profumo Affair, Christine Keller and Soviet espionage, June 14, 1963

● The Great Train Raub, August 8, 1963

● Kray Twins arrested, May 8, 1968

● Kray Twins accused of murder, October 15, 1968

● The Yorkhire Ripper captured, January 5, 1981

● Brinks Matt Raub, Wache condemned, February 17, 1984

● Serial killer Fred West captured, House of Horrors, May 7, 1994

“We are pleased Work together with a reader for this retro series Crime Retro. It was a fascinating project to use some of the best -read crime stories in history to exceed some of the best -read crime stories. It is great to work with the free cooperation with the title with fresh eyes and to show the journalism of experts who covered these crimes in order to grasp and engage readers again and again”, says Sophie Hanbury, director of strategic content partnerships for the independent and evening standard

The start of the Evening Standard True Crime Retro series is the latest in a series of retro starts for the free and part of its persistent efforts to strengthen its content portfolio. Read a wide range of content and over 8,000 digital magazines and newspapers on the platform, including real crime magazines such as Real Crime, Crime Monthly and Chat, True Crime Special.

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Research: The representative online survey was carried out by Ipsos on behalf of legible in March 2025. 1,000 people in Great Britain were interviewed. Comparative data from Sweden and Germany are also available.

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