8 new true-crime longreads to help you escape the news
Even if the election turned out *exactly* as you hoped, these stories will be a welcome break
Election Day escapism-recs thread!
For many of us, this Election Day is a horror film we both cannot and must look away from (see also: the uncontrolled demolition of Twitter), so let’s think...
Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty · Crime-wave rhetoric
Plus dinners to die for?
2012 Flashback: The Act of Killing
Plus: If you disappeared, who will cover your case?
2012 Flashback: Siege · Killer Sally
And DB, and J.Law
What cases — and properties — from 2012 have stuck with us?
We’re halfway through our 2012 flashback week, during which contrib Margaret Howie runs down some of the more intriguing true crime efforts from a decade...
2012 Flashback: The Girl Who Became Three Boys
Plus: The Delphi murders and a true crime plea
October 2022 Bonus Review: Keeper Of The Ashes
Everything about it is a waste
2012 Flashback: Paan Singh Tomar · Crackpot Ripperology
Plus Scientology, Joe Exotic's legal team, and Willowbrook
Joyce Carol Oates · Vatican Girl · Cannabis
It's the October budget sweep!
The Good Nurse · Not Great, Bob!
Plus governors, gangsters, and hackers
So what *are* the true crime Halloween costume rules?
evelbA post shared by Eve Batey (@evelb) Photo: Halloween 2015, when my husband and I dressed up like two fictional murderers, which I guess is OK? We’ve all...
The 10 best quotes from Joe Berlinger's odd Bloomberg profile
Plus: Elizabeth Holmes, Vivica A. Fox, and more
Party Theft · Jazz-Age Phrogging · TV Babylon
And a great and terrible British documentary
Six (alleged) rogues and Kevin Bacon
It's an all TV/movie star edition!
Facebook Sleuths · Jersey Psychics
Plus, "The Watcher"? We hardly even know 'er
From the archives: "King Con"
Hey, friends — unexpected scheduling conflict at BE HQ today, so I’ve grabbed a book review of Paul Willetts’s King Con from a few years ago. More good stuff...
It's time to talk about 'Unsolved Mysteries'
For many of us here, NBC’s launched-in-1987 series Unsolved Mysteries was our gateway to true crime, an initially limited show that kicked off with hosts...
The Vow Part 2: Collateral; damage
Plus Forbes and NPR weigh in; and Robert Urich, Bet-Crapped
Kim Kardashian · Adnan Syed · Chess
Are you watching 'The Watcher'?