March 2024 Bonus Review: BUtterfield 8
[cw: sexual assault involving a child; death by suicide] The crimeTrafficking and sexual assault of a minor, probably; extortion, allegedly; prosecutorial...
Airbnb crime, a bad vegetarian, and a peep at a marshmallow scam.
This is actually relevant to one of today's stories, I swear! Best Evidence readers know that the end of the month isn’t just for making your car payment....
The Docket 03.28.24: Ask Us Anything II
You asked, we answered; we asked each other, we answered! Genealogical mysteries, masters of IRL horror, and much more. Elsewhere down the Shore......
Has Serial passed its sell-by date?
An aerial view of the notorious Camp 7 at Guantanamo Bay. "Gitmo" is Serial's subject this time around. (Wikimedia Commons) Before I talk about Serial Season...
The Lost Sons of Omaha illustrates the issues with both-sides-ism
On May 30, 2020, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, protestors took to the streets in Omaha’s Old Market District. There,...
Roadhouse's true crime ties
What hurts more, the diet, the exercise, or the waxing regimen? It’s Friday, it’s Sarah’s birthday, and I’m in the mood to plan my true crime weekend. I have...
The Docket 03.21.24: Homicide: New York’s failure of nerve
The Homicide: New York title card is like the show itself -- KIND of cool, but not thoughtful or creative at all. (Netflix) Today's Docket features special...
Edgar Award nominee Crooked tackles Harding-era corruption
Nathan Masters's Edgar-nominated book expertly captures the economic, social, and political landscape of the 1920s. Harry Daughtry, political fixer to...
Stormy: compelling subject, compromised execution
Stormy Daniels preps for a media appearance. (Peacock) In fact, Stormy‘s power lies primarily in evoking the poisonous side effects of that Trumpiness: the...
The Bishop and the Butterfly explains why you know the term ‘Tammany Hall’
Folks well-versed in New York history likely know all about Tammany Hall, the 1800s-era political organization that essentially ran the city (and boy oh boy,...
Manhunt is righteous, ambitious, and trying much too hard
The title card for Apple TV+'s latest, Manhunt. ...The desire to look again at Lincoln’s assassination and the disorienting days immediately following it,...
The Docket 03.14.24: James L. Swanson on The Deerfield Massacre
Cover detail from The Deerfield Massacre. (SDB) hello! Taking a break from regularly scheduled Docket programming to bring you SDB's interview with Manhunt...
Quiet on Set won’t stay silent about abuse at kids’ shows
...Writing my review, a day before you see it, a quick Google tells me that Drake Bell’s coming forward as the unidentified minor in the charging document...
Edgar Awards round-up: I Know Who You Are
The great Carol Daly. ...I Know Who You Are is equal parts memoir, genealogy guidebook, and true-crime thriller. Rae-Venter is a thoughtful and skilled...
Yellowstone producers to take on JonBenét Ramsey case
Twenty-eight years after the body of JonBenét Ramsey was discovered in her family's basement, we're no closer to learning who killed the six-year-old, or...
The Docket 03.07.24: Recent headlines we’d like to see adapted
We're back, and we're talking recent longreads we'd like to see adapted, plus participant consent, the Ocean's 11 default, and why rich people don't...
The Program review: a captivating story of teen resilience
Survivors of the Academy of Ivy Ridge "school." Courtesy: Netflix If it weren't for Katherine Kubler, new Netflix docuseries The Program: Cons, Cults, and...
Edgar Awards round-up: Tangled Vines
Edgar Allan Poe, who lends his name to the Edgar Awards, spikes a brow at Murdaugh-case overview Tangled Vines by author John Glatt. (l to r, the Poe Museum...
As We Speak: Rap On Trial makes a compelling case
Hip-hop artists and the doc's "host" Kemba, R, prepare to illustrate the comps between rap and Shakespeare in As We Speak: Rap On Trial. (Paramount+)...
Announcing the return of true crime podcast The Docket
Enjoy this message from a fan TGIF! We’re ushering in the weekend with some news we’ve been teasing this week: The Docket, our podcast on true crime,...