Jerry Lewis · Janet Malcolm
Facts; truths.
You can't spell 'criminal' without 'animal'
That headline is Sarah’s brilliance, I can’t take credit — my contribution is that every story about this bear doing bear things in Northern California keeps...
Scoundrel · Bad Vegan · Alice
Plus: Is *anyone* paying attention to "Catfish" (etc.)?
The Staircase · Prince Andrew · Rust
Plus: A prestige version of an infamous kidnapping
Arbuckle · Lindbergh · The French Connection
Plus recent scams, cold-snap litigation, and turtleneck leotards for dudes
Tell us your dream (or nightmare) true-crime crossover events
Werner Herzog endures a meeting with SDB’s dog. (Rolling Stone) (…because I just refuse to give the term “collab” more oxygen.) A My Favorite Murder/Criminal...
Bitcoin · Forbes · Amityville
Plus: Eve seconds Sarah
Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist · Independent Lens
Plus "Strangler" casting, the "Dateline" of longreads, and more
The Trojan Horse Affair · Vanity Fair · Ashley Flowers
Plus: Interesting Scott Peterson movement
Inventing Anna · JFK · L.A. Baseball
Plus premiere dates and (uch) Portnoy
True crime at the Oscars, 2022 edition
“ONE nomination??” It’s the Wednesday of Oscar-noms week, and you know what that means…it’s second-guessin’ time! The full list of nominations is right here....
Bad Roommates · Serpico · Bill Skarsgård
So much Netflix!
The Tinder Swindler: Simon says
Plus "Scoundrel," UC "Scott B.," and more
The Woman Across The Street etc etc
Plus: NY politics and MMA conspiracy theories
Art Fraud · Avenatti
And Jim Jones, and David Simon.
True-crime reputation salvage
Fire them both into the sun…after they do a Five Families podcast? (Crain’s) Who are the celebs/famosos you can ONLY stand in true-crime properties? I pose...
My Favorite Murder · Cosby · Prince Andrew
Can W. Kamau Bell separate the artist from the art? Should we?
Stolen Stradivarius · Texas Tragedy
Plus "Black Market," boxing intrigue, and Before Time cases
January Bonus Review: The Last Days of Peter Bergmann
The facts that haunt us
A lawyer, a hacker, a Schechter
Plus fake corn and a doc short