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Sophie · Sirico · Krouse · Clemente
July 14, 2022
Plus a pre-"Killers of the Flower Moon" prep list
Let's talk about the 2022 Emmy nominations
July 13, 2022
When it comes to true crime recognition, "Dopesick" rules and "The Tinder Swindler" perplexes
OMiTB · In The Dark · Paul Holes
July 12, 2022
Should true crime be a personality-driven genre?
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! · The Fatal Flaw
$ · July 11, 2022
Plus Navarro agonistes
The James Caan Bet-Crap · Where The Crawdads Sing
July 8, 2022
Plus: a (fairly unsurprising) Theranos decision
Girl in the Picture · Jailbreak Lovers
July 7, 2022
Plus Joe Kenda and Jerry Harris
Rolling Stone's Top 25 True-Crime Podcasts List: Fight!
July 6, 2022
(People) Rolling Stone published “The 25 Best True-Crime Podcasts of All Time” a few days ago, and you might say I’ve got a murder of quibbles with it....
7 true crime longreads we gulped down last weekend
July 5, 2022
Nintendo theft, thin blue line flags, crypto disappearances, and more
Only Murders In The Building · Hoffa-tinis
July 1, 2022
Plus Penry, Peacock, and premiere news
June 2022 Bonus Review: The State of Texas vs. Melissa
$ · June 30, 2022
[CW: harm to children] The crimeTwo-year-old Mariah Alvarez, the twelfth of Melissa Lucio’s fourteen children, was pronounced dead February 17, 2007 in...
How it is already time for the June budget sweep?
June 30, 2022
This month's is so big we had to subdivide
True-crime re-casting agency
June 29, 2022
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
June 28, 2022
Plus "Life After Lockup" and smugglers' frequencies
7 new true-crime podcasts to dip into this month
June 27, 2022
What's new in audio true crime? Here's what to listen for
It's a bad day. Here's how to help.
June 24, 2022
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
June 23, 2022
Plus Showtime recs and revenge-porn revenge
Who's the most notorious criminal in your family tree?
June 22, 2022
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
June 21, 2022
Plus: Skye Borgman's latest
Queer as Folk · Sandy Hook · Another Bad MD
June 17, 2022
Plus, hacking!
MPR · Michael Peterson · Mark Greene
June 16, 2022
Plus: "Vengeance" is not thine, saith The Wrap
The True-Crime Wiki-Hole Of Fame
June 15, 2022
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
June 14, 2022
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!
June 13, 2022
60 years after the island prison's great escape, we're still in the dark
Keep Sweet · Catching A Killer · Corruption
June 10, 2022
Plus Miscavige memoirs, deputy gangs, and the late Liotta
Live PD · Kyle MacLachlan · Modeling
June 9, 2022
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
June 8, 2022
Plus: A true crime podcast story sure to make you mutter "no duh"
Do you fall asleep to true crime?
June 7, 2022
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
$ · June 6, 2022
Plus Sarah Weinman and smuggling rings
American Greed · Sextortion · Cosby
June 3, 2022
Plus: some hard data on how police funding relates to success
May Bonus Review: The Hunt for a Killer
$ · June 2, 2022
The 2020 Swedish miniseries is not exactly about either of the things in the title
Dead End · In The Dark
June 2, 2022
Plus upcoming docuseries, and Monica on Johnny and Amber
"It was outta respect": the best OC titles
June 1, 2022
Summit’s own Ray Liotta in GoodFellas. In honor of the untimely passing of Ray Liotta — another alum of my hometown — last week, we thought we’d ask: What’s...
Harvey Weinstein · Counterfeit Goods · That Freakin' Owl
May 31, 2022
It's the May budget doc cleanup
"Everything happens at night"
May 27, 2022
An interview with photographer Theo Wenner about his new book, "Homicide"
Leopold and Loeb · Andrew Johnson · Newtown
May 26, 2022
Plus ballistics and budget tips
To love and die in Akron
May 25, 2022
Plus plagiarism, Polanski, and a Hey, It's That Guy BET-CRP
Like fish in a barrel (of felonies): fattest scam targets
May 24, 2022
DPB and SDB on our wedding day. I am psychotically smug about not paying for the photo OR the venue. I had a lot of thoughts while reading Vice’s story from...
Bonnie and Clyde: "A romantic view"
May 23, 2022
Plus the Human Rights Watch fest and Anna's art show
Sympathy Pains · Our Father · Bros
May 20, 2022
Plus, a birthday sale!
18 1/2: A “historical fiction Watergate thriller/comedy"
May 19, 2022
Plus ID reboots, BS genre sexism, and the Bay Ridge blotter
What's the *real* crime of the century (so far)?
May 18, 2022
WinningTeamPublishing @WinningTeamPubNEW BOOK ALERT: CRIME OF THE CENTURY by President Donald J. Trump! More details coming soon at 45books.com 🇺🇸1:30 PM ∙...
Tell Eve what to listen to · Staircase 'betrayal'
May 17, 2022
Plus: Tyler Perry's true crime op-ed
Pizza Wars · COVID Fraud · The Assassination Information Bureau
$ · May 16, 2022
Plus Candy Montgomery meets Max Fischer
Johnny Depp · Andy Dick · Mario Batali
May 13, 2022
Plus: whatever happened to the reporter who threw it all away for the Pharma Bro?
Candy · Lindy · Who Killed Jane Stanford?
May 12, 2022
Plus the Pulitzers, the Sacklers, and the Amish
Have we soured on The Staircase?
May 11, 2022
It’s not a hot potato, so why do Sarah and I keep passing it around?
The B.E. Most Wanted: True-Crime Documentaries
May 10, 2022
Does Capturing The Friedmans make your all-time list? I’d like to put together an ongoing list or “chart” of the all-time classics in true crime — one for...
CrimeCon · The Big Conn
$ · May 9, 2022
Plus the return of "Vincent Chin"
Grey's Anatomy · Clue Awards · R. Kelly
May 6, 2022
What motivates an alleged fraudster like Elisabeth Finch?
Blessed Are The Bank Robbers · Will Be Wild
May 5, 2022
Plus upcoming premiere dates
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