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Thinking outside the traditional-medium box
March 12, 2021
Inspired by 1) Dan Cassino’s fantastic round-up of essential true-crime comics/graphic novels from yesterday; and 2) a recommendation from an Exhibit B....
7 Top True-Crime Comics
March 11, 2021
Plus Elon Green on the Hon. Bernette Johnson, and Isle of Wight smuggling
James Jordan · Jeffrey MacDonald · True-Crime Tropes
March 10, 2021
Plus more Mormons, "Miracle Fishing," and a discount code!
Slender Man · Circle of Deception · Lost Hills
March 9, 2021
Also: Responding to Alec Baldwin (is that wise?)
Anna Sorokin · Jeffrey Epstein · Australia
March 8, 2021
Plus: The 1-5 Strangler's symmetric autopsy report
What's the prescription for case fatigue?
March 5, 2021
We all have cases we’re weary of, for whatever reason. Maybe it’s that a round-number case anniversary has recently come and gone (the Tate-LaBianca...
Manson-Book Review · Female Serial Killers · For Heaven's Sake
March 4, 2021
Plus Netflix docs, NBA refs, and Martha in cuffs
Love (Scams) In The Age Of COVID · Murder Among The Mormons
March 3, 2021
Plus new contrib Elizabeth Held on meta true-crime narratives
Alec Baldwin · Black Wall Street · I-5 Strangler
March 2, 2021
Plus: a follow-up roundup of news of the day
SNL · Mike Tyson · Made You Look
March 1, 2021
Plus: The Theranos trial hits a snag
February Bonus Book Review: The Hot One
$ · February 28, 2021
Carolyn Murnick's crimoir keeps its distance.
Andre Leon Talley · The Rope · College Admissions
February 26, 2021
Plus: Another Blumhouse docuseries
When will you be ready for pandemic-related true crime?
February 25, 2021
Hello, friends! We usually save our discussion thread for Fridays, but I had a wild schedule this week! So you’re getting the thread today, and a full issue...
Martha Mitchell · Murder Among The Mormons
February 24, 2021
Plus new books, and how the true-crime boom dilutes the prestige pool
Dropout (Dropout) · Silk Road · Nazis
February 23, 2021
Also: True crime loses a cult expert
Fred Hampton · John Wayne Gacy · Stolen
February 22, 2021
Plus a heist-iversary and a Gay/Lewinsky convo
Should We Be Mad At Ryan Murphy?
February 19, 2021
“Fuck Ryan Murphy for making Richard Ramirez into a horror chic character,” a friend texted me last weekend. He was bingeing American Horror Story and had...
FKA twigs · Britney Spears · Stan Lee
February 18, 2021
Also: A doc about transitional housing you can watch on your lunch break
Official Unsolved Mysteries Pod · 120 Executions · Allen v. Farrow
February 17, 2021
Plus a plethora of hip-hop stories
Mad Max · Cecil Hotel · Robert Maxwell
February 16, 2021
Plus: A look back at a true-crime classic
Anna Sorokin · IDCon · Top "Dateline"s
February 15, 2021
Plus Woody Allen, Tekashi69, Soledad O'Brien, and a book review
If it please the court, Exhibit B.
February 12, 2021
Yeah, so I launched a true-crime bookshop. “You WHAT?!” …I know! I still can’t decide if this is the best or the dumbest thing I ever did, so let’s go with...
Michael Cohen · Keith Morrison · LuLaRoe
February 11, 2021
Plus: Remember 90s band Sublime? No, not 311. No, not Sugar Ray.
Assassins · Crime Scene · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 10, 2021
Plus murder houses and hip-hop lawsuits
Pam Hupp · QAnon · Cell Phones
February 9, 2021
Plus: Come hang out with me!
Allen v. Farrow · Andy Mills Ouster · Abolishing The Death Penalty
February 8, 2021
Plus black-market gold, a Village real-estate grift, and more
What Case Should Be The Next 'Surviving R. Kelly'?
February 5, 2021
You know the story by now: though R. Kelly had faced allegations of rape for years, it wasn’t until an FBI agent watched Surviving R. Kelly that law...
Bill Cosby · Delphi Murders · Crater Lake
February 4, 2021
Plus: The headlines that'll eventually be ripped from
Rae Carruth · Rosa Jimenez · Real Estate
February 3, 2021
Plus cop games, the other Charles Bronson, and more
Jack Palladino · Marilyn Manson · T.I.
February 2, 2021
Plus: You'll never look at spam calls the same way again
January Bonus Review: We Keep The Dead Close
$ · February 1, 2021
It's a great book, until...it isn't, but that shift is worth unpacking too.
The Investigation · The Widower · The Chippendales
February 1, 2021
Plus Takeshi69 and the Canadian Mob. Must be Monday.
Checking In On Your True-Crime Pandemic
January 29, 2021
Get ready, everyone: every news outlet you can think of is readying their “one year in lockdown” packages, full of frustrated salon owners, angry anti-...
Green River · Red Justice · Scott Peterson
January 28, 2021
Plus: A 2010 memoir gets a Kingsman
The Body Farm · Jill Harth vs. Trump · Dryden, NY vs. fate
January 27, 2021
Plus Andy Mills, an upstate fugitive, and a poll
Unpublishing Crime · Robert Downey Jr. · Amanda Knox
January 26, 2021
Plus: a missing person podcast
"Ovation on the streets, Oxygen in the sheets" · Hallmark true crime
January 25, 2021
Plus Discovery+ premieres, Holmesian motives, and more
Questioning The Taste Level: The Tackiest Titles In True Crime
January 22, 2021
Inspired by both the end of the era vulgaris in Washington this week and a related Twitter thread in which the more harmless stupidities of the former...
The Serpent · The Pembrokeshire Murders · Dosa King
January 21, 2021
Hope you've got room in your ears for some podcasts
January 20, 2021
January 20, 2021
“In Tish James we trust.” But until she drops a literal ton of filings on the outgoing administration, we can gather here if needed. — SDB
Phil Spector · The Soprano State · American Greed
January 19, 2021
Plus art looters, Bigfoot, and more soothing longreads than you can shake a stick at
Where To Begin, Mr. President?
January 15, 2021
E. Jean Carroll @ejeancarrollIs Trump KIDDING? Sending Heidi Stirrup to the DOJ to get dirt on me? The dirtiest thing that has ever happened to me is TRUMP....
Mostly Harmless · Black Hands · Impeachment
January 14, 2021
Also: Lifetime announces its true crime slate
More DB Cooper · Netflix's Night Stalker · The Navy-Vets Con
January 13, 2021
Plus new trailers, upcoming premieres, and the soothing properties of forgery
Reenactments · Trap Queens · Cell Phone Jammers
January 12, 2021
Also: A podcast about crimes in the trucking biz? Yes, please.
The Lady and The Dale · The Charley Project · Jury Duty
January 11, 2021
(Not us, thankfully.) Plus a mommyblogger's fake kidnap scare, and a journo scam.
SDB's Forcening: The Murders at White House Farm
$ · January 8, 2021
Not without interest, but not in need of six episodes, either
Alexander Wang · Florida Man Murders · Chicano Squad
January 7, 2021
Plus: Dateline on police violence
Neverland Sold · Brady v. Maryland · Conversations With OJ
January 6, 2021
Plus a Quibi deal and crime on ice
Samuel Little · Danny Masterson · The Serpent
January 5, 2021
Plus: a new book on the victims of the Golden State Killer
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