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True Crime A To Z: C
May 3, 2020
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. Now C (sorry) (…not REALLY sorry) you in the...
True Crime A To Z: B
May 2, 2020
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! Not sure what the hell we’re doing here? Check it out. Now eat a B (hee) in the comments…and tell a...
True Crime A To Z: A
May 1, 2020
Welcome to Best Evidence’s crime-alphabet project! A handful of contributors and I have gone through the English alphabet and picked a true-crime thing for...
April Bonus Review #2: American Sherlock
$ · April 30, 2020
An ovewritten slog through the life and career of E.O. Heinrich
The Last Narc · Quiz · Hollywood Con Queen
$ · April 30, 2020
Also: Stealing from Harry Winston
The Blotter Presents 141: Bad Education and Frontline's "Terror In Little Saigon"
April 29, 2020
Plus Baskin agonistes, Loughlin motions, and the true-crime alphabet
Murder To Mercy · Bad Education · Spotify
April 28, 2020
Also: True crime through victims' eyes
True-Crime Title Bingo · Live PD, COVID-style · Smerling vs. McGinniss
April 27, 2020
Plus a book poll -- and actors, amirite?
Friday Thread: #1 With A Bullet
April 24, 2020
In my first bonus book review for April, I raved about Rap On Trial (not a paid subscriber? There’s an excerpt of the book here). That got me wondering about...
April Bonus Review #1: Rap On Trial
April 24, 2020
For people of color, "America's deep-seated fascination with the outlaw" plays the same way it always does.
Kristin Smart · Dieorama · Virtual True Crime
$ · April 23, 2020
Also: A true crime family...curse?
The Blotter Presents 140: True History Of The Kelly Gang and Catch & Kill pod v. book
April 22, 2020
Plus, a left-field limited-series pitch, and "Hidden Valley Road" reviewed
Woody Harrelson · Al Capone · Kim Kardashian
April 21, 2020
Also: A tweeted history of San Francisco's jails
Lizzie Borden · $1000 Docu Binge · Accused: Guilty Or Innocent?
April 20, 2020
Plus, Garbus family values and a diverting Reddit
Friday Open Thread: RIP Brian Dennehy, True-Crime Workhorse
April 17, 2020
That Dennehy was trending alongside Tommy Boy yesterday on Twitter baffled me…but then, I’m the horse’s ass who led the thread with this photo of Dennehy as...
Theranos · Lady Of The Dunes
April 16, 2020
Also: The guy who wrote "Madeline" allegedly shot his boss
The Blotter Presents 139: The Hart Family Tragedy and American Animals
April 15, 2020
Plus Netflix's latest, more prison-doc recs, and a crime-dingus round-up
Harvey Weinstein · Martin Scorsese · McMillion$
April 14, 2020
Plus: "Surviving R Kelly" Season 2 hits Netflix
Edgar Award Snubs · Top Prison Docs · Linda Calvey
April 13, 2020
Plus: Inessential assassination narratives, and reading umpteen things at once
Friday Discussion Thread: Share Your Unpopular True-Crime Opinion
April 10, 2020
Where’s Friday’s content-laden Best Evidence? You already have it — it accidentally sent Thursday afternoon! If you missed it, it’s right here.Twiter’s...
Gucci · Elisa Lam · The Harts
April 9, 2020
Also: Your weekend longreads
John Mulaney · Wondery · Tiger King Backlash
$ · April 9, 2020
Plus: Linda Tripp passes on
The Blotter Presents 138: Atlanta's Missing And Murdered and The Kolker Interview
April 8, 2020
Plus a felonious-jackass roll call, Murder House Flip FOMO, and more
Unicorn Killer · Manacled Mormon · Hustlers
April 7, 2020
Plus: A true-crime tussle over Truman Capote
Lindbergh Case "Yearbook" · Kim Kardashian · The Deliberate Stranger
April 6, 2020
Also: HBO freebies and a book-review poll!
March Bonus Book Review: Yellow Bird
$ · April 5, 2020
Well, "March." ...You know how it's been.
Friday Open Thread: Howie's True-Crime Title Generator!
April 3, 2020
I wish I were more technically adept, so that I could turn this into an actual quiz; as it is, we’ll have to enjoy Margaret Howie’s Staying-At-Home True-...
"It's About Feelings": An Interview With Marcia Chatelain
April 3, 2020
The author of "Franchise" on fast-food marketing, Henry Kissinger, and mirages in the food desert
American Predator · Chris Benoit · Kolker on poker
April 2, 2020
And more Theranos, AND a book-review poll!
The Blotter Presents 137: The Scheme and Finding Steve McQueen
April 1, 2020
Plus Dirty John S2, Erin Lee Carr's latest, LISK in the archives, and more
Grim Sleeper · Tiger King · Jeffrey Epstein
March 31, 2020
Also: A true-crime longread that took two years to write
The Less They Know About Us · Stonewall · Lizzie Borden
March 30, 2020
Plus the art world's mini-Madoff, R. Kelly wants out, and more
Good-Time Charlies: Who made the best Manson?
March 27, 2020
The arrival of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood on Starz this weekend prompted us to wonder: Who was the best Manson? Damon Herriman, pictured, took Charlie on...
Tiger King Casting · Forrest Fenn · Walmart
March 27, 2020
Also: Hahaha remember when the college admission scandal was big news?
Cocaine Hippos · Theranos · Ring Doorbells
March 26, 2020
Plus: get your true crime bracket picks in before it's too late
Edgar Awards overview · Blotter Presents guests: a reader
March 25, 2020
Plus upcoming podcast topics
Are you still listening to podcasts?
March 24, 2020
Have your media consumption habits changed since the world woke up to the threat of COVID-19? Speaking for me — this is Eve — my podcast slate threatens to...
Joe Exotic · Sticks Larkin
March 24, 2020
Stay tuned for a weekday open thread!
N Crime AA: The True-Crime Content Championship
March 23, 2020
Eve and I, two weeks ago: “We’d love to get this true-crime take on March Madness set up, but who has the time?” Eve and I now: “[holding each other’s...
Pitching Mindhunter Season 3
March 20, 2020
According to reports, producer David Fincher is just way too busy to commit to a third season of Mindhunter right now, which poses problems for people hoping...
What's Your Favorite Crackpot Theory?
March 20, 2020
FX series The Most Dangerous Animal Of All (the topic of The Blotter Presents Ep 135) is the latest proof that a crackpot true-crime theory can be a ticket...
Linda Fairstein · WM3 · The Situation · Murder House Flip
March 19, 2020
It's the roundup of all roundups: tons of stuff to listen to, read, and anticipate
The Blotter Presents 136: Lost Girls and All Good Things
March 18, 2020
Plus more "The Jinx," a Post/ID marriage, and more
How To Fix A Drug Scandal · Susan Mustafa · Ann Rule
March 17, 2020
How you doing?
Robert Durst · Rogue Midwifery · World's-Oldest Fraud
March 16, 2020
Plus an NYC wrongful conviction, and a call for pitches
Friday Thread: "Vanity Fair Movies"?
March 13, 2020
Inspired by our upcoming Cold Case topic, All Good Things, next week’s guest Kevin Smokler is asking for other examples of what he’s thinking of calling...
Jim Bakker · Last Meals · Kelly Ripa
March 13, 2020
Why even bother to try to top that subject line?
Harvey Weinstein · The Dating Game
March 12, 2020
Plus: Death in Ice Valley
The Blotter Presents 135: The Most Dangerous Animal Of All and Hustlers
March 11, 2020
Plus: Dirty Money, The Capones, and a grim HBO doc.
Sherry Pie · Zodiac · GSK
$ · March 10, 2020
Plus: Podcasting from jail
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