Patreon Brief 3: The Art Of The Con And Too Pretty Too Live
[originally posted to Patreon 11/19/18] Two books about very different cons...that share one unfortunate quality.
Three Takes On The Slender Man Case
Afternoon, readers! I’m porting the Patreon archives (and others) over here today, and I thought I’d release this one from 2018 to “gen pop” so you can see...
Patreon Brief 1: The Encyclopedia Of Unsolved Crimes
[originally published to Patreon 10/28/18] Apparently everything's a frame job in this second edition of Michael Newton's reference book. Should you grab it...
September 2018 Bonus Ep: Picking Out Of A Line-Up, Behind-The-Scenes-Of-Criminal-Justice Edition
[originally published to Patreon 9/29/18] One book that inspired Season 3 of Serial, and four other books/longform articles like it. And if you like authors...
The First 48 · Ann Rule's Best
Plus, it's time to vote on January's book-review topic.
Serial · Law & Disorder
It’s Boxing Day, so we’re UN-boxing some archival material from the-blotter.com — my review of Serial S1 from five years ago (…doesn’t it seem like that...
True crime to wrap gifts by
Happy Christmas Eve to those of you who celebrate (and a very quiet day to those who don’t). The wrapping sprint is on at our house today; I’m choosing...
Incident At Big Sky · New Epstein Pod · The Clearing
Plus: Part three of our holiday reading list
August 2018 Bonus Ep: Murder Ballads
[originally published to Patreon 8/27/18] Story-songs about crime -- and some auxiliary reading/watching about the cases that inspired them. 15 Songs Based...
Escape From Pretoria · Responsible Child
Plus: Venture capital is coming for true crime podcasts
Murdered by Morning · Counterclock · Stephen Port
Plus: Part one of your holiday break reading list
The Blotter Presents, Episode 125: Truth Be Told and Dark Tourism
Plus: Don't F**k With Cats
The Imposter · Interrogation
Plus The Bettencourt Affair and last-minute gift ideas
22 Hours · Break In The Case · Just Mercy
Your state's true crime podcast cravings
White Bear Lake · Peachtree · Bombshell
Plus: The 12 Days Of Best Evidence are almost over!
Truth Be Told · The Spectator
Plus: The process behind 30 For 30
The Blotter Presents, Episode 124: Detective Trapp And Savage Appetites
Plus: More on the Richard Jewell mess
The Ambiguity Of Zodiac
The Fincher film is now available to stream for free
Military Murder · Leaving Neverland
Plus: a podcast about desert (sadly, not dessert) mysteries
Murder In Little Egypt · Jodi Arias · R Kelly
Plus: A Silicon Valley murder for hire