True-crime movies that Oscar forgot
Plus podcast news, and Edwardian police bungling treads the boards
A True-Crime Perfect 10
Best Evidence has Olympics fever! (Ugh, phrasing.)
Edgar Awards midyear predictions
The Townhouse, locus of much of the action in Last Call (SDB lived down the street in the mid-nineties). (Edward Keating / New York Times) “Hey, what’s the...
Citizen · Gacy · Dirty John
Plus: A cop who won an award for...not working?
Whitey Bulger · James Renner · Search Party
Plus the death of a monster and the ghosts in a Mississippi barn.
Is there a true-crime doc in YOUR childhood?
And no, I don’t mean that you can sue your parents for never coming through with a pony. (You can’t. I checked.) I’m talking about the safety hazards and...
Bad Influencer · Pappygate · Airbnb
And "The Staircase" moves to behind-the-camera announcements
A trifecta of law-enforcement flailing
Plus "Mystery At Sea," Sarah Weinman's next book, and more
The Limited · Twitch · Undoctored
Plus: A crime writer's personal crime tale
What Happened To Paula · Eazy-E · Baseball Stalkers
Plus A&E premieres and "Dr. Death" reviews
At "Dr. Death"'s Door
Welcome to the Dr. Death open thread! Are you watching the Peacock docudrama? What do you think so far? I’m about halfway through and quite impressed with it...
Harvey Weinstein · Devilsdorp · Killer Psyche
Plus: "'Tiger King' shit"
Colbert · Cosby · Cold Justice
Plus Michael Avenatti, robbery re-enactments, and a vintage British con
May Edwards · Athan Theoharis · The Staircase, of course
Plus: Still more podcasts of note
Catch & Kill · Cults · Citizen P.I.
Plus casting news, the Wild West, and MTV
What are your favorite true crime adaptations?
It seems like the 2020s true crime lifecycle goes like this: A news item catches the eye of a journalist, who takes a deep dive and produces a longform...
Slide into the weekend with some true crime longreads
Pour yourself a beverage and settle in
It's a Podcast Party
A huge load of shows to fit into your ears
The Phantom · Slender Man · Zebra Killer
Plus: The Staircase continues to dribble out casting info
Your favorite "American" true crime
TWL this ID show has had (at least) six seasons! And by that, we mean: what’s your favorite true-crime material with “American” in the title? Yes, we will...