The Docket 08.03.23 Murphy x Menendez
Is the Menendez case a camp sinkhole for scripted projects; whither the Ryan Murphy acting corps; which Murphy series is the “bridge line”; when...
The Sixth Commandment · The Fugitive
Plus Lizzo, Vallow, Unruh, and a (justly overlooked) lamster competition
When it's best to binge (and when it's not)
I’ve always been curious about the decision to release a property all at once, versus portioning it out week by week. Sometimes, it’s seemed like a...
Ashley Judd · Brooklyn Teens · YouTube Divers
Get out from under that heat dome with the July budget sweep
July 2023 Bonus Review: Kent State
Sometimes, knowledge IS power
Sinéad O'Connor · OMitB · NYPD
Plus: A small town bad cop longread
The Docket 07.27.23 Ask Us Anything!
You had questions; we (sometimes) had answers!
Evidence Of Things Seen · Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
Plus Erin Lee Carr, Etan Patz, and Emmett Till
Red flags: true-crime "experts" you don't trust
Dr. Henry Lee peers at bloodstains on an envelope during the OJ Simpson trial. (Getty via Daily Beast) I can’t say I was surprised to read the headline DPB...
Myth of the Zodiac Killer · The Heiress and the Heist
Plus NJ's Ponzi king and NYPD's serial litterer
Last Call · Beanie Babies · James Lewis
Plus: The FBI's relationship with true crime
The Docket 07.20.23 The Emmys
Predictions, "the Plemons thing," and justice for Showtime
Five quickies
Burnout+vacation+sleep deprivation=Eve begs your indulgence
Hall Of Shame: sports-adjacent true crime
Faking sigs, throwing bricks, dodging taxes, robbing banks
Ask us anything!
Welcome to the Best Evidence version of a Reddit AMA — but with us! We’ll answer all sorts of questions in our next episode of the Docket*, so get those...
Arrest made in one of our generation's most confounding unsolved cases
Plus: Kevin Spacey and the House of Savoy
The Docket 07.13.23 First-degree fabulism
What making up stories costs all of us
Elizabeth Holmes · Charles Orlando · Matthew Broderick
Plus: The real end of the Silk Road
Evidence Of Things Seen: Taking true crime personally
Plus the best podcasts, the worst titles, and Remnick vs. RFK Jr.
Out of time: on releasing incarcerated seniors
“Manson follower” Leslie Van Houten is getting closer to fresh air. Per an East Bay Times/AP item from late last week, CA governor Gavin Newsom has announced...