7 true crime longreads we gulped down last weekend
Nintendo theft, thin blue line flags, crypto disappearances, and more
Only Murders In The Building · Hoffa-tinis
Plus Penry, Peacock, and premiere news
June 2022 Bonus Review: The State of Texas vs. Melissa
[CW: harm to children] The crimeTwo-year-old Mariah Alvarez, the twelfth of Melissa Lucio’s fourteen children, was pronounced dead February 17, 2007 in...
How it is already time for the June budget sweep?
This month's is so big we had to subdivide
True-crime re-casting agency
There’s absolutely zero chance I’ll watch the second season of Bloodline Detectives. The premise isn’t unappealing — the show, per a recent PR email, goes...
The Janes · Tax Fraud · Raisins
Plus "Life After Lockup" and smugglers' frequencies
7 new true-crime podcasts to dip into this month
What's new in audio true crime? Here's what to listen for
It's a bad day. Here's how to help.
Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebsterRoe v. Wade is trending in lookups. As are ‘overturn,’ ‘arrogate,’ ‘codify,’ ‘stare decisis,’ ‘SCOTUS,’ and ‘separation of...
Cancelling A Cancel-Culture Cancellation · The Unabomber · Martha Stewart
Plus Showtime recs and revenge-porn revenge
Who's the most notorious criminal in your family tree?
Today’s thread is inspired by a Dear Prudence from last week that had Sarah and me snickering in our Slack. Here’s the lead two grafs: I’m engaged to a...
Beatrice · Haggis · Balwani
Plus: Skye Borgman's latest
Queer as Folk · Sandy Hook · Another Bad MD
Plus, hacking!
MPR · Michael Peterson · Mark Greene
Plus: "Vengeance" is not thine, saith The Wrap
The True-Crime Wiki-Hole Of Fame
What’s the deepest true-crime wiki-hole you’ve ever rolled ankles-over-ass down into? I talked about my wiki-hole neural pathway yesterday, and I don’t think...
Philip Baker Hall · Lord Kenneth Clark · Edgar Herbert Smith
Eve wondered in our Slack last night if I’d ever Bet-Crapped the recently departed Philip Baker Hall. I hadn’t, and I immediately agreed to do so; I just as...
Happy 60th Alcatraziversary!
60 years after the island prison's great escape, we're still in the dark
Keep Sweet · Catching A Killer · Corruption
Plus Miscavige memoirs, deputy gangs, and the late Liotta
Live PD · Kyle MacLachlan · Modeling
Dan Abrams Live @danabramsliveThe headline hot off the presses today so many of us had been anticipating for two years! The producers of Live PD and...
Keith Morrison · The Chrisleys · John Hinckley
Plus: A true crime podcast story sure to make you mutter "no duh"
Do you fall asleep to true crime?
Dru Moorhouse @DruMoorhouseMany thanks to the Keith Morrison Fan Club for chatting with me at CrimeCon about falling asleep to true crime shows (like...