Bowling · Home Alone · Batali
Plus: A crime-adjacent investigation into a NY mayor's dining habits
Mike · Alice · Lori and Chad
Plus an "Only Murders" finale-review round-up
What true crime tips do you use in regular life?
“This stuff,” said the guy from Crime Scene Clean Up as he held a spray bottle aloft, “is the only stuff that will kill the smell of mildew.” My ears perked...
Chippendales · Breaking · Tik Tok
Plus: What's the deal with Adventures With a Purpose?
Edgars Flashback: Sentenced to Die · True-Crime Romance · The Zodiac
Still not our dad! Also, drill, outlaw country, and Biden Sr.
Stolen relics · Prison podcasting · Creepy CEO
Welcome to your weekend longreads
Jolie · Poe · The Hope Diamond
Plus new podcasts and definition creep
Only Murders S02: How are we feeling?
…Has there been a DIP in quality? Before I show myself out, a couple quick notes, the first being that I don’t think the show’s gone down in quality. I think...
Wanda Sykes · Polygamy · Bodyguards
Plus: When a documentary snarls jury selection
Edgars Flashback: Patty Hearst · Murder Boy
Plus more Ashley Flowers, a condo scam, and more
Robert Downey Jr. · Susan Orlean · Chris Cuomo
It's a podcast party!
Helter Skelter · I Just Killed My Dad
The crimeThe August 1969 murders of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent; and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca…for...
When should true-crime ties shut a project down?
I know I’m not the only person who shudders at the Miramax logo as it rolls before a movie or TV show — I think one of you even noted that a Project Runway...
True Crime Brain · Ashley Flowers · Crypto
Plus: the real Tim Kono
Edgars Flashback: Zebra · Keanu · Killer Mike
Plus stupid A&E tricks and a Chippendales first look.
Dog Lawyer · Bad City · #VanLife
Plus: longreads for your weekend
Murder at the Cottage · Go Ask Alice
Plus, the 19 Crimes Martha wine
What true-crime properties crossed the line?
Abby Honold @abbyhonoldAs a survivor - most of the true crime content you consume was created by manipulating & lying to victims and their families. I used...
Witches · Lord of War · Skirts
Plus: A new scam podcast
Edgars Flashback: Blood Will Tell · Hollandsworth · Heist on I-5
And: choose me a book!
July 2022 Bonus Review: Adrienne
"Simultaneously magical and unfair"
Dressed to Kill · Joe Berlinger · Research Fraud
It's the July budget cleanout!
Somerton Man · Hannibal Lecter · Auster and Alig
And Rachel Monroe, AND Janet Malcolm, AND Baby M
What's your true crime interview dream team?
A day after writing up yesterday’s bummer of an issue, laden with interviews between alleged bad men and their enablers, I awoke to the bleak news that one...
Woody Allen · Dan Abrams · Chris Cuomo
If you're looking for problematic men, today's your lucky day!
Billy Jensen · Edgars Flashback: 1980
"The end of an era"; "The Falcon and the Snowman"
4 doc premieres, 3 tacky titles, 2 Skye hooks...
...and a "Black Bird" in an Apple+ tree
Pink Diamonds · Helltown · Crypto
Plus: Another first-thought podcast list
Fact-Finding Mission: Opioid-crisis audiobooks
Welcome to a new recurring feature on Best Evidence, a variation on my old Ask The Readers column on Tomato Nation. Need help finding a book or article, but...
She Said · Opioids · Dr. Death
Plus: Crime reporting suppression allegations against the LA Times
Eric Adams · Victoria's Secret · Jordan Catalano
Plus midsummer madness and the French Capote
The Good Life · Scrubs · Polanski
Plus: Behind the Dead End scenes
Sophie · Sirico · Krouse · Clemente
Plus a pre-"Killers of the Flower Moon" prep list
Let's talk about the 2022 Emmy nominations
When it comes to true crime recognition, "Dopesick" rules and "The Tinder Swindler" perplexes
OMiTB · In The Dark · Paul Holes
Should true crime be a personality-driven genre?
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! · The Fatal Flaw
Plus Navarro agonistes
The James Caan Bet-Crap · Where The Crawdads Sing
Plus: a (fairly unsurprising) Theranos decision
Girl in the Picture · Jailbreak Lovers
Plus Joe Kenda and Jerry Harris
Rolling Stone's Top 25 True-Crime Podcasts List: Fight!
(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
Nintendo theft, thin blue line flags, crypto disappearances, and more
Only Murders In The Building · Hoffa-tinis
Plus Penry, Peacock, and premiere news
June 2022 Bonus Review: The State of Texas vs. Melissa
[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?
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