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February Bonus Review: The House of Suh
$ · February 27, 2022
The ancient-epic echoes of a single wrecked family
Accused · Neff · Bernie
February 25, 2022
Plus: The Mountain Goats guy mulls true crime
Jerry Lewis · Janet Malcolm
February 24, 2022
Facts; truths.
You can't spell 'criminal' without 'animal'
February 23, 2022
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
February 22, 2022
Plus: Is *anyone* paying attention to "Catfish" (etc.)?
The Staircase · Prince Andrew · Rust
February 18, 2022
Plus: A prestige version of an infamous kidnapping
Arbuckle · Lindbergh · The French Connection
February 17, 2022
Plus recent scams, cold-snap litigation, and turtleneck leotards for dudes
Tell us your dream (or nightmare) true-crime crossover events
February 16, 2022
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
February 15, 2022
Plus: Eve seconds Sarah
Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist · Independent Lens
$ · February 14, 2022
Plus "Strangler" casting, the "Dateline" of longreads, and more
The Trojan Horse Affair · Vanity Fair · Ashley Flowers
February 11, 2022
Plus: Interesting Scott Peterson movement
Inventing Anna · JFK · L.A. Baseball
February 10, 2022
Plus premiere dates and (uch) Portnoy
True crime at the Oscars, 2022 edition
February 9, 2022
“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
February 8, 2022
So much Netflix!
The Tinder Swindler: Simon says
$ · February 7, 2022
Plus "Scoundrel," UC "Scott B.," and more
The Woman Across The Street etc etc
February 4, 2022
Plus: NY politics and MMA conspiracy theories
Art Fraud · Avenatti
February 3, 2022
And Jim Jones, and David Simon.
True-crime reputation salvage
February 2, 2022
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...
My Favorite Murder · Cosby · Prince Andrew
February 1, 2022
Can W. Kamau Bell separate the artist from the art? Should we?
Stolen Stradivarius · Texas Tragedy
$ · January 31, 2022
Plus "Black Market," boxing intrigue, and Before Time cases
January Bonus Review: The Last Days of Peter Bergmann
$ · January 29, 2022
The facts that haunt us
A lawyer, a hacker, a Schechter
January 28, 2022
Plus fake corn and a doc short
Gacy Jawbones · Tipping · Bible John
January 27, 2022
Welcome to the January budget doc cleanout
Cases that burn bright...and then burn out
January 26, 2022
Elle Fanning as Michelle Carter. The resemblance is uncanny, but is there anything else to say about this case in 2022? (Steve Dietl / Hulu) And now, a short...
It's An All-Cult Issue!
January 25, 2022
We didn't plan it that way, it just happened. Don't ask any questions, just follow us down.
Didion and Dunne · TV and juries
$ · January 24, 2022
Also, Mafia Tapes in review
Cosby · Keanu · Alden
January 21, 2022
Plus: When a ballet story turned homicidal
A small town, a dark secret, and Bryan Burrough
January 20, 2022
Plus stolen art, false confessions, a professor loots an estate, and more
Stupid true-crime marketing tricks
January 19, 2022
I have to give the Oxygen marketing team credit, because it’s not like Eve and I aren’t talking about The Real Murders of Atlanta. Granted, we’re talking...
Tinder Swindler · Undercover Underage · Logan Paul
January 18, 2022
Plus: Now you can edit your Best Evidence comments
Shoplifting · Andrew Cuomo · Sunny Balwani
January 14, 2022
Farewell, Robert Durst
Cheer S02: The star of the change
January 13, 2022
Plus Rosanne Boyland and counterfeit booze
The center should not hold
January 12, 2022
How should TV shows manage allegations against central figures? The second season of Cheer drops today, and evidently has taken a bull-by-the-horns approach...
Sweet Bobby · Puppet Master · Prince Andrew
January 11, 2022
Plus: one fewer source for true-crime investigations
"Something that you can't be neutral about"
$ · January 10, 2022
"JonBenét's Tricycle," plus "The Amazing Race" and lives and deaths at Rikers
Future 1/6 narratives
January 7, 2022
(The Atlantic) It’s hard for me to believe a year (and a day) has passed since the 1/6 insurrection. The disorienting danger of it still seems immediate —...
American Greed: "Out on bond -- and undeterred"
$ · January 6, 2022
Plus "Four Lives," two New Yorker carceral-life reads, and Kristen Bell
Four Lives · Theranos Trial Takes · The McCrarys
January 5, 2022
Plus: Grave-robbing, the Klan, and domestic violence on military bases.
Wellness Scams · Dershowitz · Forensic DNA
January 4, 2022
Plus: Get to votin' for January's bonus review
Crime Scene S02: "the true terrors of the place"
January 3, 2022
Plus Dean Stockwell gets Bet-Crapped
December Bonus Review: Captive
$ · December 31, 2021
Is it process-y enough?
Love Lockdown · The Bush Boys
December 27, 2021
Plus Reelz, Tamron Hall, and the January poll
What's your true-crime New Year's resolution?
December 22, 2021
One of the benefits of the current true-crime boom is that we don’t just have to settle for what we’re given anymore. While once the best we could do was...
All the true crime we meant to get to in 2021 and didn't
December 21, 2021
Making room on the budget doc for 2022
Dead Asleep · Jane Stanford
December 20, 2021
Plus a speedy longread
Are you giving true crime for the holidays?
December 17, 2021
Yes, this item is available on Etsy. But shoooooould you? When I tell people at my cutesy little artisan and vintage shop about Sarah’s true crime book...
The O'Jays and OJ
December 16, 2021
Oh how I wish I could find an "Oh, Jay" story to add to that subject line
Ed Gein · The Murders At Starved Rock
$ · December 15, 2021
Just another cheery day at BE HQ
Cosby · Lucky · Radicals
December 14, 2021
Plus: So much podcast news!
Doc Antle · The Texas Seven
December 13, 2021
Plus some upcoming projects, and a Victorian lady bank scammer
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