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?)
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