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
"It's brutal": Leo Frank and true crime at the theater
A conversation with Adam Grosswirth about "Parade"
"No relation": sharing names with the notorious
When I got married, I didn’t change my name. DPB didn’t care, I didn’t feel like it, and life has enough paperwork you don’t have a choice about. But we did...
Spiders · Long Movies · Trump
Your opinion sought on televised trials
Trailed · Reverend Mother · Murder & Basketball
Leave the Pope out of it, will ya?
March 2023 Bonus Review: Wife, Mother, Murderer
It's not bad, but it's probably not worth your time, either
Scott Peterson · The Colorado Cannibal · Scenes From A Textbook Scam
Plus a century-old con and another murderous dentist
Heidi Fleiss · Hillsong · ChatGPT
Welcome to the March budget sweep. It's a doozy!