Krakauer · Krimes · The Curse of Von Dutch
Plus Adrienne Shelly and a Beeb civil war
Greek Squad: The most memorable fraternity-related true crime
(The Daily Pennsylvanian) What true-crime stories coming out of the Greek system have stuck with you? Not that there’s any shortage, unfortunately; any SVU...
Dave Portnoy · Leonardo DiCaprio · Smokey and the Bandit
A short and sweet issue for the holiday
Happy Face · House of Gucci · Harding
Plus Wirz, wit-sec, and more
Netflix · Norman Mailer · Wine
Plus: A school sexual assault narrative that doesn't go where you'd expect
Portnoy · Heirens · Capote
Plus Von Dutch and "Vanity Fair"
October Bonus Review: Tread
A small town, a sad man, and the darkness at the center of town
Best American Crime Writing: Long-Lost Magazines
I finally got my mitts on a copy of the February 1994 issue of Vibe. The mag isn’t that rare, but to find it in readable condition for under $100 is tough —...
LA Riots · Curtis Sliwa · Lady Gaga
Carole Baskin heads to court, but it's not what you (might) think
Four political scandals of yesteryear
Black gold, "Black Water," booze, and...more booze
Anna Delvey · The Posies · Bernie Madoff
Gannett wants to remind you that it covers crime
Landscapers · Jan. 6 · Black and Missing
Plus a mother of a true-crime connection
What true crime stories scare you the most?
I won’t say that we’re a jaded bunch, but just between us chickens, I feel like true crime folks are made of pretty stern stuff. We can handle details about...
11 (or so) True Crime Podcasts to Consider
Some of these shows are so new we can't even find them on any cool platforms yet.
Seven Great True Crime Longreads
Mulling Amanda Knox, adoption, and the Wu-Tang Clan
Leon Black · Attica · Soduku
'Candy' adds some coolish cast members
Guilty Party · Shrink Next Door · The Arconia
Cheaters never win, but they do get podcasts
It's the anniversary of Ann Rule's birth
The godmother of true-crime books would have turned 90 years old today. Was Ann Rule’s prose the most beautifully Capotean thing you ever read? No. Did she...
What it's like to be a talking head on a true-crime show
Eve takes the true-crime anthology show chair
"Only Murders In The Building": A grand finale
Plus Carole Baskin, Reality Winner, DOCNYC and more
Mark Lamb · Carmen Mola · John Douglas
Plus: True-crime whitewashing
"Four Hours At The Capitol": Crowd sourcing
Plus two magazine longreads, and the Cosby case continues
"Dopesick" tries harder than it needs to
Plus bridge boycotts, the Babe, and more
Fifteen true crime stories we've been meaning to mention
Answering the question "what should I read this weekend?"
What once-ubiquitous case needs a current re-examination?
A History Channel mailer informed me that the Achille Lauro hijacking came to an end 36 years ago last Sunday. Two TV-movie projects got made in 1989-90...
Fat Suit · Dog License · Caliphate
And another true-crime podcast triumph
Buried: "Memory is an issue in every trial"
Plus "Bad Sport" and bad titling practices
What other true crime adaptations might benefit from a recast?
The news that Jessica Biel would replace Elisabeth Moss as the titular character in Candy (that’s the Candy Montgomery series that doesn’t star Elizabeth...
Zodiac · Suspect
Plus "Candy" recasting and looted antiquities
Bad Art Friend · Fat Leonard · Boston Strangler
And: Google strikes a deal with cops over googled victims
Rigged Justice · Anna Sorokin · LaShae Kimbrough
Plus: Billy Jensen takes a questionable stand
Discovery-verse Docs · The First Forensic Files
Plus Criterion Channel, true-crime ethics, and the evolution of the art heist
September Bonus Reviews: Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime and Dominick Dunne: After The Party
The crimeIn the True Crime half of BuzzFeed’s Unsolved series (the other half is Supernatural), Ryan Bergara and his co-host look at “unsolved crimes,...
What MLM Needs The LuLaRich Treatment Next?
The same day we sent Elizabeth Held’s review of LuLaRich out to paid subscribers, I was driving on Indiana’s I-65 freeway when a drifted into my lane, nearly...
Soccer Sex Assaults · Lewandowski · Tiger King 2
Plus: The NYT's crime coverage problems
LuLaRoe and Pharma Bro
Plus prison hell and Tobin Bell
A Fresh Batch of True Crimes (And Adjacents) That Are Ripe for Adaptation
The last couple days have been jam-packed with potential properties
The Hot Zone · House Beautiful · Houston's Biggest Monster
Plus Andrea Canning, an unjustly accused puma, and more
Do we know which cases will cause a media frenzy?
Could we have predicted the Petito media tsunami — and can we predict the next one? We and everyone else in the space have talked a lot in the last week or...
Curse Of The Chippendales · The Toolbox Killer
Plus Buffy, Sassy, a book sale, and more
It's a budget-doc blowout
All the links we can fit, in one issue. You're welcome.
Nassar · Murdaugh · Petito
Also: Durst · Holmes · Kelly. Yeah, it's a lot.
Monsters Inside · Major-Case Headlines
Milligan, MacDonald, Murdaugh, and more
"By reason of mental disease or defect"
Joanne Woodward has concerns about Sally Field’s grabbing the pop-psych zeitgeist with both hands. (NBC) What better way to greet the weekend than with a...
San Quentin · Krysten Ritter
Eve plays Marry Fuck Kill with Reelz
The Falcon And The Snowman
Plus "Dopesick," Da Vinci, and more
Michael Wolff · Danbury Trashers · Sirhan Sirhan
Podcasts present and future to mull
Only Murders In The Pod · Spider Sabich · ACS: Fact-Check
Plus two longreads on forensic genealogy finding justice
Never Forgetting
I don’t remember the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as being this…insistent. On the eve of the 20th anniversary, though, after PR blasts about...
Queenpins · Prada · Dog the Bounty Hunter
Plus, Doppel-Holmeses