Favre · Fort Bragg · Fortune Seller
Plus breaking news and scripted tropes
Did the Emmys give crime the shaft?
As noted yesterday, The Dropout and Dopesick each got a nice Emmys nod this week. But when it comes to true crime — or true crime-adjacent shows, like Only...
Theranos · The Emmys · Sacklers
You folks will tell me when you're sick of the Jeff German story, right?
Sins Of Our Mother: "I've got it very divided in my head"
Plus Helen Hunt, Gina Gershon, Salman Rushdie, Brett Favre, and...Dylan McKay?
Bites · Nurses · Journalism
Plus: Kim Kardashian's new podcast
Hall-Mills · False Reports
Plus Theranos witness-nanigans, and our NSW correspondent on "evidence" that isn't
We need a new term for "true-crime fan"
Lexicographers, assemble — because calling ourselves/others “fans” of true crime doesn’t sit right. Not that it isn’t sometimes apropos, but for the same...
Judging Jeanine · Kiwi Farms · NYPD suits
Plus: A shocking true crime creator loss
Instagram Scams · Schadenfreude · Scrubs
Sliding into the holiday weekend with some longreads and snickering
Micky Dolenz · Tom Dooley · Judas Priest
Spurious suits and stupid FBI tricks
Phil Collins · Yoga · Michael Strahan
It's the August budget sweep!
August 2022 Bonus Review: When The Moon Turns To Blood
The crimeThe case is sufficiently complex, and opaque, that it’s nearly impossible to present an orderly summary of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell’s swath of...
What true-crime figures should sue over how they've been portrayed?
First, all the caveats in the world: Neither Sarah nor I are lawyers, nothing in this or any issue of Best Evidence is intended as legal advice, and we agree...
Breakdown · Crime Seen · Talking-Head Pushback
Or "Trump And/Or Netflix vs. Everyone"
Bowling · Home Alone · Batali
Plus: A crime-adjacent investigation into a NY mayor's dining habits
Mike · Alice · Lori and Chad
Plus an "Only Murders" finale-review round-up
What true crime tips do you use in regular life?
“This stuff,” said the guy from Crime Scene Clean Up as he held a spray bottle aloft, “is the only stuff that will kill the smell of mildew.” My ears perked...
Chippendales · Breaking · Tik Tok
Plus: What's the deal with Adventures With a Purpose?
Edgars Flashback: Sentenced to Die · True-Crime Romance · The Zodiac
Still not our dad! Also, drill, outlaw country, and Biden Sr.
Stolen relics · Prison podcasting · Creepy CEO
Welcome to your weekend longreads