What's your true-crime "desert island" city?
Inspired by a tweet from acclaimed Detroit journo Robert Snell yesterday… Robert Snell @robertsnellnewsSCOOP: Millionaire Grosse Pointe Park CEO killed in...
Colin Firth · Confession Letter · Doodler Controversy
Plus: A slew of new podcasts
March 2021 Bonus Review: Inside Game
Randall Batinkoff's 2019 biopic on the NBA ref scandal is fine, but could have been more
New From Serial Productions · Gacy Intel · Small Towns Divided
Plus, the line between mentor and guru, and some welcome casting news
Tina Turner · Amateur Detectives · Ghislaine Maxwell
Plus: Elizabeth Holmes, recast
A Death In Mud Lick · George "The Mad Bomber" Metesky
Plus Dan Cassino's three-book spotlight on gender and class divides in true-crime narrative
Is The 'Serial Legacy' A Thing?
Elena Avanzas @ElenaAvanzasThis is heartbreaking and will force us to consider the impact of true crime (and the Serial legacy) in our lives - How Sara Gruen...
Sara Gruen · Crucifixion · Mario Rossi
We're spring cleaning our budget doc, so make some tea and get comfy
Mike Tyson · Alexander Wang · Jay Robert Nash
Plus a stunning "New Yorker" longread
Jeffrey Epstein · Prince Andrew · Woody Allen
Plus: Watergate is the new hotness
David France · The Third Rainbow Girl · Lauren Boebert
Plus: Some of the most adaptable stories from early 2021
What Moves A Crime Story From Headline to True Crime Legend?
Have the Krays captivated generations because of their crime story, or because we fetishize twins? True crime writer Harold Schechter posed a question this...
The Doodler · Cocaine Bear · Atlanta
Plus: Netflix trickery
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?)