Is Double Indemnity true crime?
The crimeRuth Snyder married her older boss, Albert, in 1915, but a decade later, Ruth had tired of him – she liked to go out, he didn't; Albert didn't...
Fyre Festival II, the 13th Step harassment case, and more new true crime to know
Still from FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. Credit: Netflix It’s been a while since Sarah and I cleaned out the doc on which we keep links to...
The best true crime of the year? The worst? We want to know.
Hello, Best Evidence readers, subscribers, and supporters! Somehow, we have staggered our way to the end of another year, which means it’s time for our...
The Al Pacino Best Evidence True-Crime Résumé Percentage
Working my way through a truly embarrassing backlog of magazines -- like, 2023 coverlines on a few of them -- I only last week came across the excerpt from...
November 2024 Bonus Review: The Taking of New York City
The crime/sNot specific crimes, but rather the reputation of New York City for unceasing mayhem in the 1970s. I think this is the book Rausch pitched…but is...
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey and not-so-great expectations
The crimeThe murder of JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas night, 1996. The storyMy esteemed colleague Daniel Fienberg referred to Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét...
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...