The Art Thief · Epstein · Milli Vanilli
Plus: A Live PD lawsuit moves forward
Matters of life and death
As widely reported last night, prosecutors in the University of Idaho slayings case have announced that they’ll be seeking the death penalty against Bryan...
Unsolved Murders No. 1, or: The Un-Googleable Death Of A Midcentury Crime Mag
Plus Kesha, Toobin, and Stephenville
Catching Killers · Julius Caesar · The Stroll
Plus: A sports memorabilia scam longread
The Docket 06.22.23 Toma and Gein
A '70s crimoir procedural, and a major case with nothing new to tell us
Death Investigators · Corrupt Cops · Pollsters
Plus: A true crime podcast about surviving true crimes
Getting leaky
Daniel Ellsberg, the political figure perhaps best known for his role in leaking the Pentagon Papers, died Friday at the age of 92. If you’re hazy on...
Putting the "duh" back in "double indemnity"
Plus monumental protests and missing caskets
Hypnosis · JP Morgan · Anna Delvey
Plus: More on the University of Idaho slayings
The Docket 06.15.23 The Crowded Room and OJ's legacy
A listener call gets real about DID; trauma becoming IP; when the actor gets the blame but isn’t the problem; short kings; how the OJ trial changed true...
Jared Fogle · Dowries · Bryan Singer
Plus: A BE bestie on Based on a True Story
The best Unabomber remembrances in the game
Please tap through this photo’s link to see photographer Richard Barnes’s fascinating explanation of this photo of Kaczynski’s cabin. If you’ve been on the...
Tawana Brawley · Timothy McVeigh · Tennessee Williams
And "Law & Order," and La Cosa Nostra
Influencers · Reptiles · Jimmy Pesto
Plus: The CW trades DC for TC
The Docket 06.08.23 Milligan and Parchman
The DID/true-crime Venn, plus upcoming projects
Tweakerworld · Zodiac · Scientology
Plus: Robert Hanssen, remembered
Summer-reading bingo, true-crime version
Anyone else got a summer-reading bingo card going? I’ve got high hopes for knocking one off this year; get your own card from our esteemed colleague...
Duggars · Darden · Death on the Lot
Plus: the changeling narrative in American culture and other longreads
Music · Max · Medicine
It's the May budget sweep!
The Docket 06.01.23
Mamet, Stone, Sebold, and the faulty narratives that endure