Can Say Nothing possibly improve on Patrick Radden Keefe's book?
The crimeThe abduction of 38-year-old mother of ten Jean McConville from her Belfast home in December of 1972 – as well as the myriad bombings, beatings,...
Read-Handed: Mommy-bloggers and murder ballads
just finished Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California's First Insanity Plea, David Wilson // Stiff, overly grand prose; confusing zooms in and out...
The Apprentice: Killer means winner
Take your pick: fraud; extortion; attorney misconduct; sexual assault; '80s hair… [full review here, or grab a paid sub and get all editorial in your inbox...
October 2024 Bonus Review: Citizen X
The crimeAndrei “Red Ripper” Chikatilo’s surpassingly disgusting serial murders. The storyCitizen X, 1995's HBO movie on Soviet law enforcement's fits-and-...
This Is The Zodiac Speaking is worth hearing out
The crimeA series of unsolved murders in California in the 1960s; child endangerment. get the rest of SDB’s review straight to your inbox with a paid...
Read-Handed: The true-crime texts on our minds right now
Prison, Manson, Nixon and more in our longread log! (Keep reading here)
Hackers, Hoosiers, and the Black Dahlia
The crimeThe Black Dahlia case. The story"The Black Dahlia mystery: Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect," by Christopher Goffard for...
The Docket 10.24.24: Fall Classics
Say it ain’t so, Joe. (Wikipedia) Heading into the 2024 World Series, we're championing (...sorry) the baseball/crime properties we recommend, from A-Rod to...
Woman Of The Hour: There are no winners here
The assaults and murders of at least seven, and possibly as many as 130, women and girls by Rodney Alcala. (Netflix) The storyAlcala is often called "the...
I'm Not A Monster: A "killer grandma" and the heart of darkness
The crime/sThe 2018 murder of David Riess by his wife, Lois, possibly catalyzed by frauds she'd committed against other family members; Lois's flight from...
The Docket 10.17.24: The Erin Lee Carr Reader
Long a favorite filmmaker of ours, documentarian Erin Lee Carr has two projects out this week -- I'm Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders and Fanatical: The...
Anatomy of Lies expertly explains the Elizabeth Finch scandal
Photo of Elizabeth Finch from Anatomy of Lies. Credit: Jennifer bayer/Peacock At its heart, new Peacock docuseries Anatomy of Lies is a con story, but not...
The Hunt For The Chameleon Killer takes too long
The crimeThe 1990 murder and dismemberment of bank employee Beverly McGowan – by, police suspected, her roommate of recent vintage, "Alice" – and the...
The Docket 10.10.24: Is Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal TOO out there?
The latest docuseries from the Duplasses, Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal, looks at various supernatural "cases" -- not just what really happened, but...
Making the case for The Menendez Brothers
The crimeAs noted in my review of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, "the 1989 murder of José and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik…but...
The Docket 10.03.24: Joan and the art of the steal
American netlet The CW imported ITV's Joan as part of its...whatever it's doing now; EB and SDB don't understand what the six-part docudrama on legendary...
Unsolved Mysteries goes Full Spooky Season
Still from Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 5. Credit: Netflix "How does that work?" my husband asked me when I first told him about Netflix's 2020 revival of...
September 2024 Bonus Review: Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein
Juuuust in case the subject line doesn't imply it strongly enough: content warning. The crimeMultiple murders, as well as grave-robbing and desecration of...
The Docket 09.26.24: How (Not) To Get Rid Of A Body
Investigation Discovery's How (Not) To Get Rid Of A Body premiered a few weeks ago; we watched the first ep and had some thoughts. Should it have been called...
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and the sins of the sons
The crimeThe 1989 murder of José and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik...but also possibly the rapes of Lyle and Erik by José, and maybe also by...
The Docket 09.19.24: Programming Anna
With Summer Of Scam "headliner" Anna Delvey joining Dancing With The Stars (NB: we recorded our ep the week before Delvey's debut, so we didn't know how it...
A Very Royal Scandal: Interview with the empire
The crime"Participation" by Prince Andrew, Duke of York in sexual activities with a minor. Allegedly. get this and our other full reviews in your inbox; grab...
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez runs a predictable play
The crimeDepends on whether you mean what the late Patriots star Aaron Hernandez did, or what was done to him. The former: felony assault, attempted murder,...
Heartthrob Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein? Bananas or brilliant?
Best Evidence supporters get the full report in their inbox, while everyone else can click through to read. I've been thinking about Fifty Shades of Grey...
The Docket 09.12.24: Matthew Perry and the fame double standard
listen here! Matthew Perry's overdose death last year has resulted in a raft of charges against those alleged to have supplied and enabled the Friends star...
Unreliable narrators, or: What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime
While they’re not new – British criminologist Jennifer Fleetwood traces them back to 18th-century redemption stories – first-person narratives in true crime...
From the archives: Blotter Brief 4 on an Air McNair podcast
I reviewed Sports Illustrated’s podcast on McNair’s murder in 2018; now it’s on the Docket. - SDB
Michael Bay's Born Evil is a queasy mismatch of director and genre
The crimePer Max's promotional materials for Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior: "Meet Hadden Clark, the most vicious serial killer you've never...
August 2024 Bonus Review: The Murder of Air McNair
[CW: mentions of suicide; my review will also contain spoilers] Steve McNair’s gravesite. (Netflix) The crimeThe 2009 murder of former NFL quarterback Steve...
Killer Lies: Chasing A True-Crime Con Man is the best of both worlds
The crimeFraud, although Stéphane Bourgoin's retailing of himself as an expert on serial killers didn't qualify as a chargeable offense. get the whole review...
Only Murders In The Building Season 4: Back to the old house
[CW: may contain spoilers for the show's 4th season] Only Murders In The Building has returned to Hulu with its fourth-season premiere, and while I've...
Worst Ex Ever illustrates how domestic violence flummoxes the legal system
Production still from Worst Ex Ever. Credit: Netflix Netflix's Worst [Something] Ever franchise might be one of its best-kept true crime secrets. That's not...
Face to Face with Scott Peterson: “Well, then who else did it?”
The crimeApologies for cribbing from my own American Murder: Laci Peterson review, but: On or around December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson – eight months pregnant...
American Murder: Laci Peterson and what makes a true-crime case indelible
The crimeOn or around December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson – eight months pregnant with her and her husband Scott's first child, a son they'd already named...
August and September are boom times for true crimecrime
Note: Typically, we’re proud to send the entire Best evidence article to your inbox — but as today’s dispatch is heavy on the trailers, you might want to...
The Docket 08.15.24: West Memphis 3 attorney Dan Stidham
Back in 1993, Dan Stidham began representing Jessie Misskelley Jr., one of the West Memphis 3 defendants -- and never gave up on his promise to free his...
Should you join Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club?
The crimeThe 1982 murder of Griffin Dunne's sister, Dominique; the second career Dunne's father, Dominick, then made reporting on high-profile trials for...
3 things that set Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? apart
The crimeYou may recognize the case from the docuseries' title; if you don't, you might get more out of Taken Together if you go in "cold." To do that,...
The Docket 08.08.24: Fake around and find out
[click here to listen now and for the full show notes!] Today we're talking fakes and forgeries of all sorts -- and more importantly, SDB's favorite...
Tricky Dick: “It’s as though he has needed enemies”
(Keep reading here) Richard Nixon pulls a face before a TV appearance, as shown in Tricky Dick. (CNN)
From the archives: The Best Evidence Watergate reader (updated!)
The 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resigning the presidency is coming up this week, so I've brought a Watergate reader out of the archives for your...
Scammy psychics, body snatchers, and Sean "Diddy" Combs
Scott Peterson following his arrest on April 18, 2003. Credit: Modesto Police Department Best Evidence readers know that the end of the month isn’t just your...
The Docket 08.01.24: Olympic trials
[listen to the episode AND get the full show notes right here] No, not that kind...the criminal-justice kind, as we dig into the top true-crime stories...
July 2024 Bonus Review: 3 Podcasts, or "Errol, Jewell, and In The Dark"
Talking Pictures: Errol Morris (March 5, 2024) I'd had the Morris ep of the Talking Pictures pod – a joint project from Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max –...
Should you bet on Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose?
The crimeThe literal, actionable crime for which Pete Rose did half a year in a federal penitentiary is tax evasion, although related allegations involved...
Wrapping up our summer Edgars flashback with a look back at Final Justice
[a paid sub gets you Susan’s review in your inbox in its entirety! or click here] Over the course of the summer, we’ve done a look back at the 1994 Edgar...
Unraveling the Worst Roommate Ever true crime universe
Still from Worst Roommate Ever Season 2. Courtesy: Netflix Paid supporters get every Best Evidence article directly in their inboxes, and all free readers...
The Docket 07.25.24: Why, Netflix?
[listen to today’s episode here, or wherever you get podcasts!] Two upcoming Netflix properties -- Dirty Pop's three-parter on Lou Pearlman, and the fourth...
Mark Bowden’s The Last Stone: that way madness, lies
The crimeOn March 25, 1975, sisters Sheila and Kate Lyon, ages 12 and 10, vanished from a mall in suburban Maryland. [SDB’s full review here. Want these in...
Looking back at Until The Twelfth Of Never
[Susan Howard’s complete review is here; paid subscribers can read the whole thing in their inboxes!] Over the course of the summer, we’ll be doing a look...