Friday Open Thread: Six Degrees Of...First-Degree?
I’ll skip the “blood” wordplay and get straight to the topic. Which cases/criminals are you interested in because they’re only a couple of “degrees” away...
May Bonus Review: Dopesick
Beth Macy's compelling, enraging account of the opioid crisis pulls no punches.
Lost Girl · Island Crime · Death Row (Records)
Plus: a true crime writing gig!
The Painter And The Thief · Lance Armstrong · Errol Morris
Plus a book poll, Epstein island allegations, and Gaffigan on Farley as Ford
True Crime A To Z: Z
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks... View comments...
Troubled Teens · Cleveland · Social Distancing
Also: Art theft on Hulu
True Crime A To Z: Y
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks...View...
Satanic-Panic Pod Rankings · Mobbed Up · ID's Nine At 9
Plus, a zero-Kelvin take on Jeffrey MacDonald.
True Crime A To Z: X
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks...View commentsWe...
True Crime A To Z: W
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks... View comments...
True Crime A To Z: V
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks... View comments...
Lori Loughlin · Jeffrey Epstein · Grann and Keefe
Plus: stupid Homeland Security tricks.
True Crime A To Z: U
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what this is? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to fill in our blanks... View comments...
Pam Hupp · OJ · Pharma Bro
Plus: What were we talking about a year ago?
The Blotter Presents 144: Fake Heiress and Unsolved Mysteries S03.E10
Plus new podcasts and boomer shenanigans.
True Crime A To Z: T
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to call out stuff we...
True Crime A To Z: S
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to call out stuff we...
Ronan Farrow · National Enquirer · Face Tattoos
Plus: What people reportedly buy when they're consuming true crime
True Crime A To Z: R
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And don’t be afraid to call out stuff we...
The Last Narc disappears · More Theranos charges · Art-crime docu recs
Plus "I Am A Killer" gets parole, and an enraging long-read
True Crime A To Z: Q
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
True Crime A To Z: P
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
True Crime A To Z: O
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
Sydney Homophobia · Zoom With David Grann
Also: Do we need an Epstein docuseries?
True Crime A To Z: N
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
Your Guide To This Year's True Crime Peabody Nominees
Here's the best of the best for 2019
The Blotter Presents 143: A Confession and Let Him Have It
Plus, James Earl Ray, Nancy Grace, and NYC crime stats.
True Crime A To Z: M
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
True Crime A To Z: L
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
Clark Olofsson · True-Crime Backgrounds · Drugs
Also: More true-crime longreads we're just getting around to now
True Crime A To Z: K
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
Trial By Media · Dirty John: Betty Broderick · Boston Throuple Con
Plus "Today In 'Tiger King'" and an AJC Breakdown update
True Crime A To Z: J
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! And it’s never too late to add your own...
True Crime A To Z: I
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning, and add your own nominees! Today we’re...
True Crime A To Z: H
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning, and add your own nominees! A week in,...
Killing Eve · The Electric Chair · Deadly Cults
Also: Eve blames the Kent State massacre for the decades-later death of the Village Voice.
True Crime A To Z: G
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Start at the beginning! Today’s G line-up contains only one...
I'll Be Gone In The Dark · George Clooney
Also: A San Quentin Pulitzer
True Crime A To Z: F
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. What true-crime properties does the panel give an F...
The Blotter Presents 142: Stolen Babies and The Phoebe Judge Interview
Plus Wood, Weinman, longread Buntnip, and more
True Crime A To Z: E
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. It’s time to contemplate crimes in the key of E....
Nicolas Cage · Gary Busey · Waco
Also: How Prince Charles was scammer by a forger
True Crime A To Z: D
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. Our panel is taking on its fourth letter of the...
American Crime Story · James Baldwin · ID's New Look
Plus "Leo In The White City" and two from the New Yorker.
True Crime A To Z: C
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. Now C (sorry) (…not REALLY sorry) you in the...
True Crime A To Z: B
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. Now eat a B (hee) in the comments…and tell a...
True Crime A To Z: A
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! A handful of contributors and I have gone through the English alphabet and picked a true-crime thing for...
April Bonus Review #2: American Sherlock
An ovewritten slog through the life and career of E.O. Heinrich
The Last Narc · Quiz · Hollywood Con Queen
Also: Stealing from Harry Winston
The Blotter Presents 141: Bad Education and Frontline's "Terror In Little Saigon"
Plus Baskin agonistes, Loughlin motions, and the true-crime alphabet