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Woody Allen · Court TV · Dahmer
March 9, 2020
Plus, true-crime debuts and more Durst.
Friday Discussion Thread: Your Favorite TV Adaptation(s)
$ · March 6, 2020
What’s your favorite/the best television adaptation of a true-crime property? Dirty John? The Meredith Baxter/Betty Broderick thing? The In Cold Blood joint...
Illegal Tender · Ronan Farrow · Ohio
$ · March 6, 2020
Plus: Some stuff we covered a while ago that's out now
Second Seasons · Verified · Wedding Drama
March 5, 2020
Plus: A podcast from the lawyer in 'The Staircase'
The Blotter Presents 134: McMillion$ and Rotten
March 4, 2020
Plus: Dr. Drew, HBO docs, and Netflix's 25 best
The Oland Murder · 60 Minutes · Gabriel Fernandez
$ · March 3, 2020
Plus: Catching up with Robert Durst
Murder By The Book · Aquarius · Mommy Dead And Dearest
March 2, 2020
Plus, "the biggest event in true crime history," eye-roll emoji!
February Bonus Book Review
$ · February 29, 2020
"The Third Rainbow Girl" is really two books...and only one really works. But it REALLY works.
Friday Open Thread: The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez
February 28, 2020
Netflix’s The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez dropped a couple of days ago; Eve noted in yesterday’s edition that she’s “going to sit this one out,” and three...
Forensic Files II · Hot Pockets · Tufts
February 28, 2020
Plus: A Place In The Sun
Judge Judy · Zodiac · Gabriel Fernandez
$ · February 27, 2020
Plus: A true-crime playlist
The Blotter Presents 133: Unabomber In His Own Words and Strictly Stalking
February 26, 2020
Plus Vick, Dick, and free stuff!
Sheela · Weinstein · Gaslit
February 25, 2020
Plus: The perfect bird?
Diane Downs · Calvin Trillin · Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
February 24, 2020
It's Archive Monday at Best Evidence.
Friday Open Thread: What's your favorite Law & Order take on a real case?
February 21, 2020
The Cynthia Nixon Mothership that’s based on Bernie Goetz? The current-season SVU that’s a take-off on Jussie Smollett? Or maybe you’re one of the four other...
Astros Scandal · Sarsgaard · Errol Morris
$ · February 21, 2020
The Astros cheating scandal is getting the true-crime treatment. And from some genre big shots, too; The Hollywood Reporter notes, “To tell the Astros'...
Robert Durst · Tiger King · Yellow Bird
$ · February 20, 2020
Plus: a true crime book about an amateur investigator
The Blotter Presents, Episode 132: The Pharmacist, 'False Witness'
February 18, 2020
Plus: Tabloid TV (and streaming)
Fruitcake · Serial · Unspeakable
$ · February 18, 2020
Plus: A victim's perspective
Jeffrey MacDonald: A reading list
February 17, 2020
Fatal Vision and beyond.
Weekend Discussion Thread: Love means never having to say you're sorry (that you care about true crime)
February 14, 2020
How’s your S.O./friends/family feel about your interest in true crime? Do they share it? Do they tolerate it? Do they try to talk you out of it? True-crime...
Heartbreakers · Bikram · Theracon
$ · February 14, 2020
Plus: your weekend longread
Crime As A Game Show · Mug Shots
$ · February 13, 2020
Plus: A Harvey Weinstein podcast
The Blotter Presents 131: Interrogation and The Power Of Attorney
February 12, 2020
Plus Theranos disingenuity, Loughlin-anigans, and a vintage 48 Hours
The Unabomber · Joyce Mitchell · Satanic Panic
$ · February 11, 2020
Also: a killer real estate listing
Stolen Oscars · Lost Girls · Lindbergh Archives
February 10, 2020
Plus, zodiac killers (the other kind) and a maddening longread
The Traitor · Into The Deep · Money
February 7, 2020
Plus: John Walsh's IRL impact
Which true-crime property should hire you as its PR agent?
February 7, 2020
What’s the true-crime documentary, book, or podcast you’re constantly recommending to others, to the point where your friends can lip-sync your commentary...
The Pharmacist · Dylan Howard · Bad Blood Director News
$ · February 6, 2020
Plus: Chris Watts' vitamin defense
The Blotter Presents 130: Falling For A Killer and If You Tell
February 5, 2020
Plus Lost Girls reviews, and Bembenek's boyfriend's bad book
On The Record · Making A Monster · McMillions
$ · February 4, 2020
Plus: So many new podcasts you'll want to grow more ears
The Farm: Angola, USA · Colonial Counterfeiters · Pretty Boy Floyd
February 3, 2020
Plus the Wolf of Wall Street, and more football-adjacent crime.
The Poisoner's Handbook · Falling For A Killer · Ethical true-crime consumption
$ · January 31, 2020
Plus I Am A Killer and Erin Moriarty.
Weekend Thread! Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer
January 31, 2020
The Amazon docuseries has dropped; I’ll be discussing it with Stephanie Green in next week’s episode, and I wrote about it here.If you’re watching, what do...
Even MORE Bundy · Lord Lucan · Darlie Routier
$ · January 30, 2020
Plus, too many true-crime premieres, and next month's book review
The Blotter Presents, Episode 129: Killer Inside and The Tillman Story
January 29, 2020
Plus: The Zebra Killings!
On the Record · The French Connection
$ · January 28, 2020
Plus: Harvey Weinstein, but not the one you're thinking of
The War At Home · The Pharmacist · James Ellroy
January 27, 2020
And it's time to vote on next month's book review!
Lost Girls · Jeffrey Epstein · New Podcasts
$ · January 24, 2020
Plus: Of course we have longreads! We always have longreads
The First True Crime That Freaked You Out
$ · January 24, 2020
I confess that I don’t recall the first true crime I ever consumed. It was probably The Stranger Beside Me, because there was a summer where everyone — kids...
Kim Kardashian · Bill Cosby · GSK
$ · January 23, 2020
Plus: Some fairly fun casting news
Theranos · Robert Ressler · James Hanratty
January 22, 2020
Plus reviews from the archives, and all the things Americans don't know.
Scottsboro · Oprah · Amanda Knox
January 21, 2020
Plus: Still more longreads!
OJ 25 · Murder Squad · Nancy Grace
January 17, 2020
Plus: How we're ruining longreads
128 Post-Show Brief: Nev Schulman, Future Robert Stack?
$ · January 17, 2020
…Snerk. Spoiler: no. But Piper Weiss and I did talk about whether Catfish is ripe for a true-crime spin-off, whether Nev and/or Max should host it, and “if”...
Mindhunter · Michelle Carter · Up And Vanished
$ · January 16, 2020
Plus: A deal that might be of interest
The Blotter Presents 128: True Life Crime and Love After Lockup
January 15, 2020
Plus Unlocking The Truth, and the predatory '90s Mets.
Russell Simmons · Zodiac · Last Days Of August
$ · January 14, 2020
Plus: Show notes!
Oscar Noms · Who Killed Vincent Chin? · Stupid Zapruder Tricks
January 13, 2020
Plus a controversial short film, and an important Twitter poll.
Soledad O’Brien · Monopoly · Theranos
$ · January 10, 2020
Plus: Why hasn't this been adapted yet?
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