Max Haines was a syndicated crime columnist. His "Crime Flashback" column made its debut in the Toronto Sun in 1972 and was syndicated across Canada and in several Latin and South American countries.. His first column was about Lizzie Borden. He was awarded the Derrick Murdoch Award, one of the Arthur Ellis awards, by the Crime Writers of Canada.
Used to read this guy in the Sun. The stories are short, true and due to the format, sometimes a bit repetitive in their setup. But of course, it is these macabre tales of murder that keeps up reading.