The best true crime drama of 2025
Welcome to Best Evidence’s fifth annual Year in Review, in which we rejoice over the best true crime properties, roll our eyes at the worst, and mull the...
The best true crime documentaries of 2025
Welcome to Best Evidence’s fifth annual Year in Review, in which we rejoice over the best true crime properties, roll our eyes at the worst, and mull the...
The best true crime longreads of 2025
Welcome to Best Evidence’s fifth annual Year in Review, in which we rejoice over the best true crime properties, roll our eyes at the worst, and mull the...
The best true crime podcasts of 2025
Welcome to Best Evidence’s fifth annual Year in Review, in which we rejoice over the best true crime properties, roll our eyes at the worst, and mull the...
The best true crime books of 2025
Welcome to Best Evidence’s fifth annual Year in Review, in which we rejoice over the best true crime properties, roll our eyes at the worst, and mull the...
The Strike: State-of-the-art facility
An Independent Lens doc on a prison hunger strike has all the pieces of an interesting story. Does it put them together in a compelling way? Find out what...
The Best True Crime Stories Of The Year 2025, ranked
The legendary longreads book series is back; SDB heatmapped the stories that made the cut. Jane King as seen in Looking for Mr. Goodbar. (VF) The full list...
Sean Combs: The Reckoning and the charismatic-villain problem
Netflix's Diddy docuseries from 50 Cent is very watchable – but what exactly is it reckoning WITH? SDB’s full review is here. To get all Best Evidence...
Reminder! Best Evidence/reality blurred virtual holiday hang MONDAY 8 ET
We’d love to have you join us “for a supporters-only virtual gathering—bring your own festive beverage and join a casual chat with Best Evidence's Sarah D....
November 2025 Bonus: Damaged People
The son of a genre giant contemplates a knotty legacy. (Avid Press) This review is for paid subscribers only; we’d love to have you join us! Subscribe now
How much true crime is on Johnny Cash's acting c.v.?
Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black. More from Margaret’s visit to outlaw country here, or grab a paid subscription and...
Murderland: "You cannot look away because she doesn't"
Kevin Smokler reviews Caroline Fraser's investigation of serial killers and environmental toxicity. Read Kevin’s piece in full here, or to get it — and allll...
Down the JFK rabbithole with Errol Morris
Further reading on the Warren Report, the Umbrella Man, and crackpottery creating community. Get clickbaited by SDB here, or subscribe paid and get this —...
It's the 100th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy Sr.'s birth
Books, docs, and podcasts about RFK The Greater's life, and death. One hundred years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy came into the world, so let's take a break...
Executive Action: "They want to believe it; they have to"
Is 1973's conspirator-POV thriller about the JFK assassination more interesting to think about than to watch? Find out here, or subscribe to get full reviews...
How much true crime is on Kevin Costner's c.v.?
[NB: Due to a Cloudflare outage, you may receive this update before the piece is available on the site; sorry about that!] Let's all make the "Is Waterworld...
4 reasons to check up on JFK: What The Doctors Saw
Paramount+'s 2023 documentary takes testimony from "first responders" to Kennedy's shooting. Is it worth a look? SDB has more here — or get these reviews...
Don't bet against John Gregory Dunne's Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season
I find the author tough to take at times, and it's unclear if this even IS a crimoir -- but Dunne's prose is a solid gamble. So are we! Get these review in...
Who Hired the Hitman? is a snide surprise
The new ID/HBO Max series on murders for hire isn't a work of staggering genius or anything – but it has an energy that most series like it don't. Should you...
You've watched Death By Lightning. What's next?
If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend. Get SDB’s full reading list right here...