Cryptids and Murder · Vargas and Holes · Depp and Biggie
Plus a Belgian case, a black-widow podcast, and tons of trailers
Little Holmes · Night Clubbing · Amityville
Plus: Some adaptation photos for the books
Blood Runs Coal · Armie Hammer · True-Crime Curricula
And: even MORE Mormons.
Thinking outside the traditional-medium box
Inspired by 1) Dan Cassino’s fantastic round-up of essential true-crime comics/graphic novels from yesterday; and 2) a recommendation from an Exhibit B....
7 Top True-Crime Comics
Plus Elon Green on the Hon. Bernette Johnson, and Isle of Wight smuggling
James Jordan · Jeffrey MacDonald · True-Crime Tropes
Plus more Mormons, "Miracle Fishing," and a discount code!
Slender Man · Circle of Deception · Lost Hills
Also: Responding to Alec Baldwin (is that wise?)
Anna Sorokin · Jeffrey Epstein · Australia
Plus: The 1-5 Strangler's symmetric autopsy report
What's the prescription for case fatigue?
We all have cases we’re weary of, for whatever reason. Maybe it’s that a round-number case anniversary has recently come and gone (the Tate-LaBianca...
Manson-Book Review · Female Serial Killers · For Heaven's Sake
Plus Netflix docs, NBA refs, and Martha in cuffs
Love (Scams) In The Age Of COVID · Murder Among The Mormons
Plus new contrib Elizabeth Held on meta true-crime narratives
Alec Baldwin · Black Wall Street · I-5 Strangler
Plus: a follow-up roundup of news of the day
SNL · Mike Tyson · Made You Look
Plus: The Theranos trial hits a snag
February Bonus Book Review: The Hot One
Carolyn Murnick's crimoir keeps its distance.
Andre Leon Talley · The Rope · College Admissions
Plus: Another Blumhouse docuseries
When will you be ready for pandemic-related true crime?
Hello, friends! We usually save our discussion thread for Fridays, but I had a wild schedule this week! So you’re getting the thread today, and a full issue...
Martha Mitchell · Murder Among The Mormons
Plus new books, and how the true-crime boom dilutes the prestige pool
Dropout (Dropout) · Silk Road · Nazis
Also: True crime loses a cult expert
Fred Hampton · John Wayne Gacy · Stolen
Plus a heist-iversary and a Gay/Lewinsky convo
Should We Be Mad At Ryan Murphy?
“Fuck Ryan Murphy for making Richard Ramirez into a horror chic character,” a friend texted me last weekend. He was bingeing American Horror Story and had...