Nail Bomber: Manhunt · Whitey Bulger · How To Rob A Bank
Plus another Epstein docuseries, my June review subject, and AFI DOCS
Danny Masterson · Diego Maradona · Dateline
Plus more Satanic panic, some casting updates, and a Giannulli family vacation
The Alamo · Duran Duran · North Korean Hackers
Plus, honoring George Floyd, remembering Etan Patz, and bad-penny cops
Sketch-Artist Sisters · I'll Be Gone In The Dark
Plus a new podcast, West Cork docs, and the battle for the "soul" of publishing
What brings a long-ago crime into the zeitgeist?
Did Elizabeth Olsen’s ’80s do in WandaVision inspire her Candy casting? I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s noticed the uptick in competing true-crime...
Chippendales · Epstein · Cheetos
Plus: if you have $48K for this Lizzie Borden ephemera, you'd better not be reading this for free
Somerton Man · Ohio Heists · Only Murders In The Building
Plus Barrymore clickbait analysis, and Kathie Lee blows SDB's sweet summer mind
Dr. Death · I, Sniper · Kevin Spacey
And new podcast on those who watch the watchmen
Monica Lewinsky · Mississippi · Mysteries Of The Soviet Union
Plus new TV, a Capitol-riot lamster, and more
True-Crime Time Machine: 2019
Best Evidence celebrated its second birthday yesterday. Jokes about cake in our hair and toilet-training aside, I loved going back to our inaugural edition...
Quibi · DiCaprio · Robert Durst
Plus: We're two years old!
Vincent Chin · Fall River · Confronting: Columbine
Plus: Is VH1 trying to eat Reelz's lunch?
Crypto · Vanity Fair · San Quentin
Plus: A "mommy blogger" on her role in shaping the child sex-trafficking narrative
Kent State · Love After Lockup · The Frenchie Black Market
Plus a Leah Sottile longread and a Blake Bailey explainer
What Crimes Help You Connect With Your Mom?
No, I’m not Oxygening* you. But here’s a story: A couple weeks after my dad died in 2018, my brother (Brooklyn) and I (San Francisco) were still in Indiana...
For Real This Time: Blow · Bezos · Candy Montgomery
Plus: Holmes in court
Unsolved Mysteries · Opioids In Baseball · The Sons Of Sam
Plus the Peabody nominations and a classic longread
Rebecca Zahau · Scott Peterson · Bruce McArthur
Plus: A questionable way to celebrate Mother's Day
Broken Harts · The Staircase · France's Greatest Escape Artist
Plus, wild times in the Kansas legislature
Creating an opioid-crisis syllabus
In my inbox yesterday: 1) a note from the PR team for Alex Gibney’s upcoming doc for HBO, The Crime Of The Century, that included HBO’s official trailer; 2)...