Criminals with AARP eligibility
74-year-old cat burglar Mitsuaki Tanigawa “Although the majority of criminal offences are committed by young persons, about 1% of crimes have been reported...
The Menendezes · Roman Polanski · Another Black Mass
Plus: Where do you stand on heists?
Marilyn Monroe · Tony Tetro · Leopold and Loeb
Plus ethics in true crime, and disappeared in Florida
April 2023 Bonus: The Law & Order IRL Case Codex
In which yet another SDB project idea turns into A Whole Thing
Las Vegas · Tucker Carlson · E. Jean Carroll
It's already time for the April budget sweep
Reeva · Dersh · Europol
Plus another bite at the "Candy" apple
American Greed · Salt Bae · Michael Jackson
Plus: The guy who inspired Syriana gets into arms trading
Criminally overlooked 1970s-era cases
“We get that prestige scripted true crime about the seventies is tempting because the production designer can go off on the clothing and music,” Sarah...
David Grann · Roy Cohn · Jesse James · Edgars Predictions
Plus the Doomsday Mom and some deadly dessert
The Disapproval Matrix? · Bamboozle · Mysterious Motel Manslaughter
Plus Part 2 of my author interview with Alex Mar
11 cannabis-themed crime reads to celebrate 4/20
From murders involving Mary Jane to chronic scams, here's a weed reader to celebrate the holiday
Hopelessly devoted to defamation
You might not remember Denial, the 2016 dramatic adaptation of Deborah Lipstadt's excellent book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier....
David Choe · Peoples Temple · Suing Netflix
The Streisand effect sure is effective.
Juvenile justice in Gary · Ness in Cleveland · Curséd real estate in Hopewell
Slow your scroll -- there's a giveaway!
Cocaine Bear · Lie Detectors · Sig Sauers
Plus: Will you be having a Waco weekend?
Pretend profilers · Fast forgeries · Art-heist apps
And: the Subway series. ...Don't get up; I'll fire myself
True-crime lessons learned
We talk a lot about the divisions in today’s world, but what I’m thinking about today is another division. I’m thinking about the one between folks like us —...
Chat GPT · Sketching Trump · Theranos
The Real Housewives of Bryan???
Nixon · Knight
Plus "American Caliph" and New York real-estate beef
Clarence Thomas · Mark Geragos · Big Mack
Plus: a new San Quentin doc hits the festival circuit