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May 4, 2022
This morning I walked down a street in Indianapolis (I’m visiting family) and ran into a friend I haven’t seen since the 1990s, when I was a regular at the...
Black Box · Tokyo Vice · Casting home run
May 3, 2022
Plus: The Airbnb cops in Palm Springs
Maybe not ALL the president's men (a Watergate reading list)
$ · May 2, 2022
Plus the "Dating Game" killer, and international-case docs
April 2022 Bonus Review: Reversal Of Fortune
$ · April 30, 2022
"Can the devil get justice?"
Edgar Award Winners Announced · I-65 · Gucci
April 29, 2022
Your April budget doc cleanup awaits
Under The Banner Of Heaven: "Our faith breeds dangerous men"
April 28, 2022
Plus Marilyn Monroe and Amy Ryan
Why is the Unabomber a hot property again?
April 27, 2022
It’s been 28 years since Theodore John Kaczynski — nicknamed “the Unabomber” by the media — was arrested in his Montana cabin (April 3, 1996, to be exact)....
A break in the Madeline McCann case?
April 26, 2022
Three years after the Netflix blockbuster, here's where things stand
Gaslit: "She's completely insane; I love her"
$ · April 25, 2022
Plus a Berlinger retrospective, "The Big Conn," and list debates
Tiffany Dover · Scamfluencers · Morbid
April 22, 2022
Everything you need to know about the state of true crime podcasts
Captive Audience • A Very British Scandal
April 21, 2022
Plus Martha Mitchell and Billy the Kid
New thinking about old cases (and the women in their headlines)
April 20, 2022
(OregonLive.com) Which true-crime properties of the past few years have shifted your thinking about the women at their centers? I won’t insult my esteemed...
The Owl • The Karen • The Edgars
April 19, 2022
Plus: True-crime real estate
I Am DB Cooper · Paul Holes, "Unmasked" · Jimmy Savile
$ · April 18, 2022
Plus an April shower of longreads
True crime TV to look forward to
April 15, 2022
What's headed to a small screen near you
Candy · Heidi · Gacy
April 14, 2022
Plus: the Peabodys and the Mets
What true crime has changed your mind?
April 13, 2022
Broken Harts, the podcast on the death of the Hart family (pictured), seemed intended to challenge assumptions in the case. We’re a decisive lot. I know this...
Slade McLaughlin · Victorian Murders · John Hinckley
April 12, 2022
Plus: 'The Dark Heart' is coming to the U.S.
When Evil Lived In Laurel · Deceit
$ · April 11, 2022
And what we talk about when we talk about Hogue
House of Maxwell · Lab Gossip · Invisible Pilot
April 8, 2022
Are you on the Tokyo Vice train?
Court TV · More DB · Chloë Sevigny, Bet-Crapped
April 7, 2022
Plus the Depp and Jeffs projects nobody asked for
True crime transformations
April 6, 2022
As true crime continues to gain the respect of the mainstream public, more and more highly recognizable stars are making themselves…less recognizable to play...
Sunny Balwani · Trap Queens · Black Bird
April 5, 2022
Plus: a longread on art behind bars
Hitchcock · Top Model · The Dope
$ · April 4, 2022
And: Eve's famous!
The Ripper · The Lodger · The Girl From Plainville
April 1, 2022
Plus "Sleepers," lamsters, and feminist sex workers
March Bonus Review: Running From COPS
$ · March 31, 2022
Copaganda and poppy-fields viewing
Peek at the Staircase · Yale Theft · Brock Turner
March 31, 2022
It's time for the March budget cleanup!
True crime properties that try to have it both ways
March 30, 2022
Thanks to Best Evidence reader Becki Moody for posting this comment, as it got Sarah and me thinking about a trend we’ve seen lately in certain true crime...
Lupin · Billy Milligan · OMITB
March 29, 2022
Plus: crowdfunding crimefighting
Have You Seen This Man? · Candy · The Oscars
$ · March 28, 2022
Many thanks to Eve for covering for me last week! You were in good hands — but I missed y’all. Let’s get back into it. First, though, let’s have a look at...
Sleeper Agent · Police Misconduct · The Stocking Mask
March 25, 2022
Your weekend longreads are here
The Duke · Serial · Anna Sorokin
March 24, 2022
A podcast roundup!
9 food-related true crime stories that aren't Bad Vegan
March 23, 2022
Make yourself a snack and settle in
Why can't people stop talking about The Trojan Horse Affair?
March 22, 2022
Years after Serial moved from niche to mainstream, its producers have created another water-cooler affair
The world's most jarring true crime gifts
March 21, 2022
I hope you’ll join me in wishing Sarah the happiest of birthdays today. Her birthday, in fact, is what inspired this discussion thread (moved from Wednesday...
Tokyo Vice · Bad Vegan · Buzzfeed
March 18, 2022
When your grandpa is a bank robber
Phoenix Rising · Stupid New Jersey Tricks
March 17, 2022
Plus Billy Jensen and a based-on mystery
Well, actually...
March 16, 2022
No one likes to be what we often refer to as “that guy,” the pedant with the (accurate!) correction that brings down the room. And yet we are often forced to...
Serial · Pez · Oatly
March 15, 2022
When an influential journalist helps a suspect
Last Call · Ladies' Home Journal
$ · March 14, 2022
Plus timber thieves and college cults
LDS · Ryan Coogler · Undercurrent
March 11, 2022
An app, if you're into it
The Dropout · Terry Kinney, Bet-Crapped
March 10, 2022
And: Know Your True-Crime Petersons
True crime that's ripe for parody
March 9, 2022
In Tuesday’s issue, we looked at “Inventing Chloe,” a Saturday Night Live take on Netflix’s Anna Sorokin series, Inventing Anna. SNL isn’t the only comedy...
Satirizing Anna · Roger Stone · TSA
March 8, 2022
Some disconcerting true crime photos
Edgars · Elephants · The Thing About Pam
$ · March 7, 2022
Plus card sharps and other cons
Unabomber · Bears · Dr. Oz
March 4, 2022
Plus: Marilyn Manson sure doesn't help his case
Fienberg vs. "Joe vs. Carole" · Five Families
March 3, 2022
And Carr, and King, and "COPS," and more
What church crimes deserve an adaptation?
March 2, 2022
“Pope praises journalists for giving voice to church sexual abuse victims” read a headline from last year, with a quote from Catholic Church head Pope...
Bug Out · Worst Roommate Ever
$ · March 1, 2022
And: the creepiest little law firm in Texas
February's story roundup: Hillsong, Pornhub, and more
February 28, 2022
How did the month end so fast?
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