August Bonus Book Review #2: My Friend Anna
The crime Subtitled, "The True Story Of A Fake Heiress" is Rachel DeLoache Williams's memoir, for lack of a better term, of her friendship with Anna "Delvey"...
Episode 110 Aftershow: Bridging The Gap
[uploaded to Patreon 8/30/19] [grooooan] Yeah, sorry. Anyway: John Ramos and I talk about what other media the bridge-cheating story might lend itself to,...
August Bonus Book Review #1: Norco '80
Is a bank robbery I'd never heard of the "goddamned thrill ride" one of the jacket blurbs promises?
Blotter 109 Aftershow: Based On A True Story
[uploaded to Patreon 8/22/19] Will Leitch on a real-life crime that absorbed him, and the challenges of including true crimes in fictional narratives.
Blotter 107 Post-Show Brief: Judging Jurists
[uploaded to Patreon 8/9/19] "Inspired" by the "Honorable" Genece Brinkley in Free Meek, Eve and I spitball other jurists for the limited-series treatment....
Blotter 106 Post-Show Brief: 4.5 States Of Crime
[uploaded to Patreon 8/1/19] Allison Lowe Huff and I talk about the Times list of the most notable crime books from each state in the union -- specifically,...
Ep 105 Post-Show Brief: The Frontline treatment
[uploaded to Patreon 7/25/19] Toby stuck around to talk about which stereotypically trash-coverage cases should get a more sober-sided consideration from...
The Blotter Presents 104 Post-Show Brief: The Topics We Can't With
[uploaded to Patreon 7/19/19] Lani Diane Rich and I talked about true-crime topics we try to avoid, and why the Manson-versary isn't something we're...
The Blotter Presents 103 Post Show: Erin Lee Carr's Next Project
[uploaded to Patreon 7/12/19] The director has a sub-specialty in complex women; Eve Batey and I picked a handful for her to tackle next. Look out, Marion...
The Blotter Presents 101 Post-Show Brief: What makes a great docudrama?
[uploaded to Patreon 6/21/19] What sets the The Old Man And The Guns and the Zodiacs apart from the Devil's Knots -- casting? Staying up on the tightrope...
The Blotter Presents 100 Post-Show Brief: Local Constabulary
[uploaded to Patreon 6/14/19] After the main podcast, Toby and I talked about under-the-radar unsolved crimes from our hometowns that we'd like to see in...
The Blotter Presents 099 Post-Show Brief: Ava's Next Project
[uploaded to Patreon 6/13/19] I swear to God, I remember posting this! It must have been a beautiful dream I had...in Texas, where I was on a work trip late...
The Blotter Presents 098 Post-Show Brief: American Experience Narrators
[uploaded to Patreon 5/31/19] No shade on Oliver Platt et al., seriously...but if I had my pick (AND could map out a fantasy season topic), who's narrating...
Blotter 096 Post-Show Brief: Ranking Bundy Actors
[uploaded to Patreon 5/10/19] A bunch of actors have played Ted Bundy over the years, from Mark "Gibbs" Harmon to James "Spike" Marsters and beyond. Jeb Lund...
Patreon Brief 8: Untouchable
[uploaded to Patreon 4/29/19] Randall Sullivan's 2012 Michael Jackson bio is exhaustive, exhaust-ING, and ultimately not worth the time.
Patreon Brief 7: Delhi Crime
[uploaded to Patreon 3/29/19] Shefali Shah gives a well-built procedural that certain something.
Q&A With Abducted In Plain Sight Director Skye Borgman
[uploaded to Patreon 2/27/19; audio appeared in Blotter Presents 087] Sarah D Bunting: Thank you again for making the time to do this, especially with the...
Patreon Brief 6: Just Another Missing Kid
[uploaded to Patreon 2/26/19] The 1982 Best Documentary Feature Oscar-winner about the disappearance of Eric Wilson still has something to tell us today....
Patreon Brief 5: Crime Of The Century
[uploaded to Patreon on 1/26/19] Crime Of The Century's take on Ludovic Kennedy's Lindbergh-case theory exhausted the statute of limitations on my patience...
Patreon Brief 4: Dirty Money
[originally posted to Patreon 12/27/18] I binged Netflix's corporate-malfeasance docuseries over the holiday; you should make time for the whole series, but...