My Favorite Murder · Cosby · Prince Andrew
Can W. Kamau Bell separate the artist from the art? Should we?
Stolen Stradivarius · Texas Tragedy
Plus "Black Market," boxing intrigue, and Before Time cases
January Bonus Review: The Last Days of Peter Bergmann
The facts that haunt us
A lawyer, a hacker, a Schechter
Plus fake corn and a doc short
Gacy Jawbones · Tipping · Bible John
Welcome to the January budget doc cleanout
Cases that burn bright...and then burn out
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!
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
Also, Mafia Tapes in review
Cosby · Keanu · Alden
Plus: When a ballet story turned homicidal
A small town, a dark secret, and Bryan Burrough
Plus stolen art, false confessions, a professor loots an estate, and more
Stupid true-crime marketing tricks
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
Plus: Now you can edit your Best Evidence comments
Shoplifting · Andrew Cuomo · Sunny Balwani
Farewell, Robert Durst
Cheer S02: The star of the change
Plus Rosanne Boyland and counterfeit booze
The center should not hold
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
Plus: one fewer source for true-crime investigations
"Something that you can't be neutral about"
"JonBenét's Tricycle," plus "The Amazing Race" and lives and deaths at Rikers
Future 1/6 narratives
(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"
Plus "Four Lives," two New Yorker carceral-life reads, and Kristen Bell
Four Lives · Theranos Trial Takes · The McCrarys
Plus: Grave-robbing, the Klan, and domestic violence on military bases.
Wellness Scams · Dershowitz · Forensic DNA
Plus: Get to votin' for January's bonus review
Crime Scene S02: "the true terrors of the place"
Plus Dean Stockwell gets Bet-Crapped
December Bonus Review: Captive
Is it process-y enough?
Love Lockdown · The Bush Boys
Plus Reelz, Tamron Hall, and the January poll
What's your true-crime New Year's resolution?
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
Making room on the budget doc for 2022
Dead Asleep · Jane Stanford
Plus a speedy longread
Are you giving true crime for the holidays?
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
Oh how I wish I could find an "Oh, Jay" story to add to that subject line
Ed Gein · The Murders At Starved Rock
Just another cheery day at BE HQ
Cosby · Lucky · Radicals
Plus: So much podcast news!
Doc Antle · The Texas Seven
Plus some upcoming projects, and a Victorian lady bank scammer
Let's discuss infamous false reports
It didn’t take long for a Chicago jury to decide that Empire actor Jussie Smollett had falsely reported a hate crime, resulting in a guilty verdict for five...
5 Wildlife True-Crime Books · Fatal Distraction
Plus courtroom sketchers, Vatican machinations, and more
Scott Peterson · Emmett Till · BTK
Plus: More Cuomo cruddiness
Charlatan · Elizabeth Holmes · Landscapers
Plus: A roundup that left Eve's floor dirty
Gucci · Garvey · Glass
And lawsuits, and longreads
Why are some celebrity criminals immune from cancellation?
I don’t know how it came up, but someone I was talking to mentioned how they hoped Q-leaning folks didn’t discover Conspiracy Theory, that 1997 Julia...
Fruitcake Fraud · Rittenhouse · Açaí
The latest on four real-life cases we're tracking
Keep Sweet: FLDS ten years later
Plus Skye Borgman, Chris Cuomo, and a Sebold update
November Bonus Review: The Gits
A minor band doc becomes an accidentally powerful victim-impact statement
Lucky · Rent-a-Hitman · Turtles
Plus: A couple of reviews worth reading
Vibe February 1994 · Menendez Reconsidered
It's real '90s in here today. Also, two big trials begin.
Digging into food crime
And we don’t mean raisins in the stuffing, although: gross, y’all. Anyway! As we head into the Thanksgiving break*, we thought we’d talk about the most...
It's a Thanksgiving Week Budget Sweep
Leftovers already? Yes, indeed.
JFK Revisited · DB Cooper · Jen Shah
Plus, how to consume art by "immoral artists"
What true crime properties deserve more 'official' recognition?
I have some thoughts about the insubstantiality of the roll on this Wegmans sandwich. News coverage earlier this week noted that it was Netflix doc Who...
Ron Jeremy · Malcolm X · Gucci
A longread about an allegedly homicidal socialite? Yes, please.
Claw & Order
Tiger King 2 and relearning what we already know
Joe Berlinger · Lena Dunham · Tamron Hall
Plus a dash through real world headlines