When Evil Lived In Laurel · Deceit
And what we talk about when we talk about Hogue
House of Maxwell · Lab Gossip · Invisible Pilot
Are you on the Tokyo Vice train?
Court TV · More DB · Chloë Sevigny, Bet-Crapped
Plus the Depp and Jeffs projects nobody asked for
True crime transformations
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
Plus: a longread on art behind bars
Hitchcock · Top Model · The Dope
And: Eve's famous!
The Ripper · The Lodger · The Girl From Plainville
Plus "Sleepers," lamsters, and feminist sex workers
March Bonus Review: Running From COPS
Copaganda and poppy-fields viewing
Peek at the Staircase · Yale Theft · Brock Turner
It's time for the March budget cleanup!
True crime properties that try to have it both ways
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
Plus: crowdfunding crimefighting
Have You Seen This Man? · Candy · The Oscars
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
Your weekend longreads are here
The Duke · Serial · Anna Sorokin
A podcast roundup!
9 food-related true crime stories that aren't Bad Vegan
Make yourself a snack and settle in
Why can't people stop talking about The Trojan Horse Affair?
Years after Serial moved from niche to mainstream, its producers have created another water-cooler affair
The world's most jarring true crime gifts
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
When your grandpa is a bank robber
Phoenix Rising · Stupid New Jersey Tricks
Plus Billy Jensen and a based-on mystery
Well, actually...
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
When an influential journalist helps a suspect
Last Call · Ladies' Home Journal
Plus timber thieves and college cults
LDS · Ryan Coogler · Undercurrent
An app, if you're into it
The Dropout · Terry Kinney, Bet-Crapped
And: Know Your True-Crime Petersons
True crime that's ripe for parody
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
Some disconcerting true crime photos
Edgars · Elephants · The Thing About Pam
Plus card sharps and other cons
Unabomber · Bears · Dr. Oz
Plus: Marilyn Manson sure doesn't help his case
Fienberg vs. "Joe vs. Carole" · Five Families
And Carr, and King, and "COPS," and more
What church crimes deserve an adaptation?
“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
And: the creepiest little law firm in Texas
February's story roundup: Hillsong, Pornhub, and more
How did the month end so fast?
February Bonus Review: The House of Suh
The ancient-epic echoes of a single wrecked family
Accused · Neff · Bernie
Plus: The Mountain Goats guy mulls true crime
Jerry Lewis · Janet Malcolm
Facts; truths.
You can't spell 'criminal' without 'animal'
That headline is Sarah’s brilliance, I can’t take credit — my contribution is that every story about this bear doing bear things in Northern California keeps...
Scoundrel · Bad Vegan · Alice
Plus: Is *anyone* paying attention to "Catfish" (etc.)?
The Staircase · Prince Andrew · Rust
Plus: A prestige version of an infamous kidnapping
Arbuckle · Lindbergh · The French Connection
Plus recent scams, cold-snap litigation, and turtleneck leotards for dudes
Tell us your dream (or nightmare) true-crime crossover events
Werner Herzog endures a meeting with SDB’s dog. (Rolling Stone) (…because I just refuse to give the term “collab” more oxygen.) A My Favorite Murder/Criminal...
Bitcoin · Forbes · Amityville
Plus: Eve seconds Sarah
Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist · Independent Lens
Plus "Strangler" casting, the "Dateline" of longreads, and more
The Trojan Horse Affair · Vanity Fair · Ashley Flowers
Plus: Interesting Scott Peterson movement
Inventing Anna · JFK · L.A. Baseball
Plus premiere dates and (uch) Portnoy
True crime at the Oscars, 2022 edition
“ONE nomination??” It’s the Wednesday of Oscar-noms week, and you know what that means…it’s second-guessin’ time! The full list of nominations is right here....
Bad Roommates · Serpico · Bill Skarsgård
So much Netflix!
The Tinder Swindler: Simon says
Plus "Scoundrel," UC "Scott B.," and more
The Woman Across The Street etc etc
Plus: NY politics and MMA conspiracy theories
Art Fraud · Avenatti
And Jim Jones, and David Simon.
True-crime reputation salvage
Fire them both into the sun…after they do a Five Families podcast? (Crain’s) Who are the celebs/famosos you can ONLY stand in true-crime properties? I pose...