How it is already time for the June budget sweep?
This month's is so big we had to subdivide
True-crime re-casting agency
There’s absolutely zero chance I’ll watch the second season of Bloodline Detectives. The premise isn’t unappealing — the show, per a recent PR email, goes...
The Janes · Tax Fraud · Raisins
Plus "Life After Lockup" and smugglers' frequencies
7 new true-crime podcasts to dip into this month
What's new in audio true crime? Here's what to listen for
It's a bad day. Here's how to help.
Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebsterRoe v. Wade is trending in lookups. As are ‘overturn,’ ‘arrogate,’ ‘codify,’ ‘stare decisis,’ ‘SCOTUS,’ and ‘separation of...
Cancelling A Cancel-Culture Cancellation · The Unabomber · Martha Stewart
Plus Showtime recs and revenge-porn revenge
Who's the most notorious criminal in your family tree?
Today’s thread is inspired by a Dear Prudence from last week that had Sarah and me snickering in our Slack. Here’s the lead two grafs: I’m engaged to a...
Beatrice · Haggis · Balwani
Plus: Skye Borgman's latest
Queer as Folk · Sandy Hook · Another Bad MD
Plus, hacking!
MPR · Michael Peterson · Mark Greene
Plus: "Vengeance" is not thine, saith The Wrap
The True-Crime Wiki-Hole Of Fame
What’s the deepest true-crime wiki-hole you’ve ever rolled ankles-over-ass down into? I talked about my wiki-hole neural pathway yesterday, and I don’t think...
Philip Baker Hall · Lord Kenneth Clark · Edgar Herbert Smith
Eve wondered in our Slack last night if I’d ever Bet-Crapped the recently departed Philip Baker Hall. I hadn’t, and I immediately agreed to do so; I just as...
Happy 60th Alcatraziversary!
60 years after the island prison's great escape, we're still in the dark
Keep Sweet · Catching A Killer · Corruption
Plus Miscavige memoirs, deputy gangs, and the late Liotta
Live PD · Kyle MacLachlan · Modeling
Dan Abrams Live @danabramsliveThe headline hot off the presses today so many of us had been anticipating for two years! The producers of Live PD and...
Keith Morrison · The Chrisleys · John Hinckley
Plus: A true crime podcast story sure to make you mutter "no duh"
Do you fall asleep to true crime?
Dru Moorhouse @DruMoorhouseMany thanks to the Keith Morrison Fan Club for chatting with me at CrimeCon about falling asleep to true crime shows (like...
Basquiat · Van Halen · Woodstein
Plus Sarah Weinman and smuggling rings
American Greed · Sextortion · Cosby
Plus: some hard data on how police funding relates to success
May Bonus Review: The Hunt for a Killer
The 2020 Swedish miniseries is not exactly about either of the things in the title