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Lillo Brancato · Discovery+ · TikTok Cracks Cold Case
January 4, 2021
Plus "Gilligan's Island" versus everybody
December Bonus Book Review: Notorious New Jersey
$ · December 31, 2020
Jon Blackwell's omnibus of Garden State crooks and crimes is a great bathroom book
The Red Market · Monica Seles · Little Lindy
December 30, 2020
Plus: the last True-Crime Butthole round-up of the year
Ten Terrific Longreads
December 29, 2020
Sharing what we read over the Christmas break
Michael Alig · Mob Myths · Girl Detectives
December 28, 2020
Plus projects we're looking forward to in 2021
Kirsty MacColl · Crack · Caliphate
December 23, 2020
Plus "Political Murder" and "Dopesick" casting
Jim Gordon · Martin Shkreli · Zodiac
December 22, 2020
More links than you can handle
Piper Rountree · Room 2806 · Decade's Best Docs
December 21, 2020
Plus COVamID schemes and Chris Messina
What's the best true crime of 2020?
December 18, 2020
It’s our last Friday discussion thread until 2021 (…!). Readers, lurkers, Best Evidentiary friends old and new, thanks for helping me and Eve get through...
John McAfee · Nancy Grace · Twitter Killer
December 17, 2020
Plus: Defunding the crime beat
Night Stalker · Toobin and Gatsby · Mary Scott's Cold Case
December 16, 2020
Plus "Hustlers," Toby Ball, and a BBC watchlist round-up
Unprisoned · The New Yorker · 2020
December 15, 2020
Plus: Yes, we found a milk-related true-crime story
Robert Wone · Alabama Snake · Norco '80
December 14, 2020
Plus Loki, 1-percent shenanigans, and missing Nick Dunne
B.E. Gift Challenge Part 2: The Busman's Holiday
December 11, 2020
Last week, we challenged you to convince a true-crime abstainer to get into the genre with just three “gifts.” Now it’s time for Part 2, and in the Part 2...
Guard Geese · Mark Geragos · The Dissident
December 10, 2020
Plus: finding Manhunt
Jewelry Heists · Viking Hoards · Dorothy Stratten
December 9, 2020
Plus Olympics cheats, and Olivia Jade and Jada
Dateline · Most Wanted · CrimeDoor
December 8, 2020
Plus: Four of whatever kind of bird you prefer
Florida Man · Higher Love · James Jordan
December 7, 2020
Plus Ripa, Camacho, and 12 Days Of Best Evidence gets maid as hell
B.E. Gift Challenge Part 1: The Naysayer
December 4, 2020
Come with us now to another 2020 timeline, one in which workplace Secret Santa/Hidden Hanukkah Harriet gift-giving is still a pressing concern. You’ve drawn...
"Today in Theranos" · Van Houten · The Ripper
December 3, 2020
and the second Day of 12 Days of Best Evidence!
CrimeDoor App Review · Baby God · Lisa McVey
December 2, 2020
and 12 Days Of Best Evidence is underway!
Samuel Little · Heaven's Gate · Felicity Huffman
December 1, 2020
Plus: how a registered sex offender thrived in Hollywood
Trial 4 · Vallejo PD · The NRA
November 30, 2020
Plus Weinman on Linda Millar, and December's bonus book
November Bonus Book Review: Capote In Kansas
$ · November 27, 2020
Ande Parks and Chris Samnee's "drawn novel" is really great...at half of that phrase
Mormon Cult Murders · The Red Market · Monk Eastman, Victorian Gangster
November 25, 2020
Plus murder ballads, amours fou, and more in a jumbo book Lineup.
TikTok · Theranos · Con Queen Shocker
November 24, 2020
Plus: Your true-crime podcast name
Scott Turow's One L · Snapped · The Myth Of The Superpredator
November 23, 2020
Plus a book excerpt, Australia's "Night Caller," and Danny Trejo
Can True Crime Bring Us Together This Thanksgiving?
November 20, 2020
It’s a pretty major “no shit” that the Thanksgiving holidays are different this year, what with how gathering with Grandma might kill her. (And you! I mean,...
Jonestown Turns 42
November 19, 2020
Sorry to make you feel old
Crazy, Not Insane · Life After Lockup · Aileen Wuornos
November 18, 2020
Plus COVID and the courts, and how slavery "invented" the police
Snakes · Linda Tripp · Doris Duke
November 17, 2020
Plus: An ISIS podcast (hope it's not fake)
Murder On Middle Beach · Dr. Death · Yorkshire Ripper
November 16, 2020
Plus Ted Cruz and best book bets
What if Aubrey O'Day had a true-crime gig?
November 13, 2020
Aubrey O'Day @AubreyODayconspire against? wait.. isnt that the same thing you did to me when you discussed having a thumb drive of naked pictures and...
D.B. Cooper · Pink Collar Crime · Fargo
November 12, 2020
Plus: Books, books, and books
Inventing Anna · Wondery Agita · True-Crime Bookshop
November 11, 2020
Plus, SDB vs. the Netflix queue!
Bitcoin · Leaving Neverland · The Lindbergh Baby
November 10, 2020
Plus: Quibi claims another victim
NYC DOC · The First 48 · Military Impostors
November 9, 2020
Plus re-enactments, and book club!
It's time to revive a beloved true-crime property!
November 6, 2020
Yesterday, CBS All-Access announced that it’s cancelling Interrogation, and while it’s likely to go unmourned, the news made me annoyed about Mindhunter all...
GSK · Lori Loughlin · The LaBianca House
November 5, 2020
Plus: why a varied true-crime-podcast diet is important
The Girl In The Box · Love After Lockup · Crooked Brooklyn
November 4, 2020
Plus "New Yorker" longreads, true-crime opera, and Netflix coming attractions.
Dakota Entrapment Tapes · Salt Life · R. Kelly
November 3, 2020
Plus: A podcast lightning round
A New Murder Ballad · ID Recs · "Full House" In The Big House
November 2, 2020
Plus true-crime buttholes, the best of Defector, and "The Staircandy"
What's your favorite political-corruption longread?
October 30, 2020
Vote early and often!
Chicago 7 · Felicity Huffman · The NRA
October 29, 2020
Plus: A whole new podcast slate, good god
Raniere Roundup · Gibney · Ice-T
October 28, 2020
Plus "Narcos" renewed, new and returning podcasts, and more
Fyre Fallout · Mob Cops · Mindhunter
October 27, 2020
Plus: A true crime podcast that sharpens your Spanish
Ski Pimp · Danish Escape · Kartemquin Playlist
October 26, 2020
Plus a book poll, and Sarah Weinman gets the goods (again)
October Bonus Book Review: The Cold Vanish
$ · October 25, 2020
Come for the crime stories that give Jon Billman's book context; stay for Billman's smooth, potent writing
The Endless Possibilities of "Dr. Death"
October 23, 2020
Let's pick some candidates
The Doodler · Purdue · The Running Man
October 22, 2020
Plus: Sarah killed Quibi
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