Serial announces Season 4, Hotel California on trial, Channing Tatum’s true crime turn
Serial's fourth season will be about detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Credit: Justin Norman Best Evidence readers know that the end of the month isn’t just for...
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders shows compassion for crackpots
An old-school PC shows the load screen for PROMIS, a "spy VICAP"-type program that sends the late Danny Casolaro down the conspiracy rat hole in American...
Blood On Their Hands doesn’t play to its own strengths
Victims of the Feb. 24, 2019 boat crash that touched off the Murdaugh-case firestorm. Paul Murdaugh, the alleged driver of the boat, is at right. (Photo: SC...
Pathological: The Lies of Joran Van Der Sloot could have been so much more
The key art for Pathological: The Lies of Joran Van Der Sloot If you're looking for a perfectly serviceable rundown of how Joran Van Der Sloot was finally...
Gross anatomy: The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
Peter Cushing as Dr. Knox in The Flesh and The Fiends. (Triad Productions) The Flesh and the Fiends is just one of the scripted properties devoted to Burke...
February, 2024 is a record-breaking month for new true crime TV
Still from God Bless Texas: Hometown Prison Longtime readers of Best Evidence know that there have been some weeks that Sarah and I have had to scrape the...
Zenith Man review: a surprisingly confessional Georgia courtroom tale
From the cover of new true crime book Zenith Man You can see why Zenith Man, the first book from Georgia politician-turned-criminal defense attorney...
Blood & Orchids review: An ’80s miniseries takes on the Massie Affair
...B&O is making its best attempt at noir for a network miniseries, which means everyone is compromised, plus Bergman’s much younger wife (Sean Young) is...
February Bonus!: Your TCM Watch Guide
Lots of us have a long weekend coming up, followed for some of you by school vacay, so what better time to deploy the February 2024 bonus: a round-up of all...
New true crime this weekend: Killer Performance, Far North, Jake Tapper, and more
Far North (Sundance Now/AMC+) For many folks in the U.S., we’re heading into a long weekend: Presidents Day is Monday, which means most offices and...
The Truth About Jim review: It’s not about the Zodiac
...The press materials and the opening credits also strongly implied that yet another misguided soul in search of healing would spend four hours trying to...
Will you be watching Selena & Yolanda?
Selena & Yolanda: Oxygen I’m not sure how to approach Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them, the Oxygen (Peacock if you’re streaming) docuseries that...
Longread round-up: Tupac Shakur, Truman Capote, Time, and the Thames
A contemporaneous interrogation of juuuust how “non-” Truman Capote’s “non-fiction novel” really was: Esquire 6/1/66 // The same issue of the mag also...
You’ve watched Lover, Stalker, Killer. What now?
Welcome to Pairings, a new Best Evidence feature in which we suggest reading, viewing, or listening related to a recent property that people seem excited...
Kings From Queens review: Peacock’s Run-D.M.C. doc strikes a tricky balance
The titular kings of Peacock's Run-D.M.C. docuseries, "Kings From Queens." From left, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, and Rev....
See the first trailer for Lincoln assassination thriller Manhunt
A while ago, Sarah and I were talking about period-set true crime books that could do with a dramatic adaptation, and I had a post-conversation l’esprit de...
As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial sounds like a great doc
The idea…well, no, really the FACT that Johnny Cash could sing about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die, and have the culture understand that he’s...
News and views from Best Evidence HQ
Hello again! Welcome to Best Evidence's shiny new set-up. In case you missed an email: we've departed Substack and set up the newsletter/mailing side of our...
Maura Murray podcast, Maryland murder plot, Kristin Smart lawsuit
Best Evidence readers know that the end of the month isn’t just for panicking when you remember you forgot to mail in the rent check. It’s also when we clear...
FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans review: Indirect hits
...Let’s start with the good news – much like FEUD started with a shot of a vintage mid-eighties Mercedes-Benz, never the worst way to get this correspondent...