Pete Doherty · Boetie Boer · Suburban Screams
A non-comprehensive guide to some true-crime properties to keep an eye on
Saving Grace (...Nancy, that is)
On the heels of an actually promising announcement from Investigation Discovery — namely the November 5 premiere date for Octavia Spencer-led Lost Women Of...
Last Stop Larrimah · My Hijacking
Plus Tupac and the Fudge King
Bryan Fuller · Moldy Jam · Ashton Kutcher
Plus, what's up this weekend?
The Docket 10.05.23 Appetite For Crime
With special guest Dr. Marcia Chatelain!
The Twinkie Defense · The Amish Stud
Plus Capote-iana and copy edits
You oughta sue...
Linda Fairstein’s lawsuit against Netflix is back in the news. As we noted at the time, Fairstein — a prosecutor turned crime novelist — filed suit against...
Horse Scams · ShotSpotter Scrutinized · Project Veritas
The September budget sweep might be our biggest yet.
September 2023 Bonus Review: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
A Hollywood (urban?) legend who loved his job...uh, so to speak
Heist 88 · YouTube · Dianne Feinstein
Plus: A Mississippi sheriff accused of misconduct? Say it ain't so, Joe.
The Docket 09.28.23 Autumn Preview
Buy/sell/hold predictions on upcoming true crime
Romeo · Juliet · Uganda
Plus: Keith Morrison's new podcast debuts
How many of these CrimeCon award contenders have you watched, read, or listened to?
CrimeCon announced its Clue Awards last week, in a ceremony that included Best Evidence side-eye recipients Nancy Grace, Paul Holes, and Kelly Siegler. But a...
Jesse James Hollywood · Lizzie Borden · Vince McMahon
Plus: billing the detectives
Ed Gein · Murdaughs · Redbone
Plus: An international murder plot roils Canada
The Docket 09.21.23 Gone Catfishin'
The attraction (as it were) of a love-fraud story
Divorce · Bad Tweets · Cell Phone Nudes
Plus: Is it too soon for a book on the Idaho slayings? (Spoiler: Yes)
Poor Aging Or Disgrace
No, that subject line is not the title of my sex tape. Nor is it the subtitle to my upcoming memoir (jk, no one wants to read my bio, which is very boring)....
Amityville · Alcala
Plus the "Acid King" and a historic true-crime location
SBF · LISK · Van Gogh
Plus: Is The Gold going for, uh, it?
The Docket 09.14.23 Masterson And Xenu vs. The World
Scientology, crisis management, and the trial penalty
(A different) American Gun · Boston Market · (a captured) Danelo Cavalcante
Plus: A Columbia University OB gyn whose abuse was allegedly covered up by the school
The Best In Breakouts
Last week was a big one for jail breaks. In London, folks had a wild four days as ex-soldier and suspected terrorist (he’s accused of planting fake bombs,...
Get stoned: 8 jewel-heist tales
Parachutes, process, and perfect crimes
Danny Masterson · Tennis · FTX
Plus: A Boy Scout weekend?
The Docket 09.06.23 The BET-CRP v. Rob Lowe
Maybe we should have picked an actor with a shorter c.v.?
Kiwi Farms · U.S. Anglicans · Zia Chishti
If you’re in the mood for a flapper-era bit of true crime that reads like a novel, pour yourself an illicit glass of hooch and pick Broadway Butterfly up....
Is your home a true-crime set?
(Jake Giles Netter / HBO Max via Texas Monthly) Would you let your place become a true-crime-series location? Texas Monthly’s Sean O’Neal did, and wrote...
Trump TV · Andrew Tate · LISK Doc
Plus, a long weekend for true crime (or not)
August 2023 Bonus Review: Murder In Texas
Mustache-less Sam Elliott, his IRL wife, and Andy Griffith's only Emmy nom
The Docket 08.31.23 Fictitious disorder and double standards
Multiple systems' no-win misogyny
Sex Cults · Brooklyn Mirage · Martin Sheen
August's budget sweep is a real barn-burner, so buckle in
Vacationland crime
Two of the Three Sisters lighthouses, Eastham MA. (SDB) A legendary Cape Cod cold case is finally closed.1 “The Lady of the Dunes,” whose mutilated body was...
Disappeared's return · Dunphy's memoir
Plus Barry Sherman, Burger Chef, and amateur boxing gone wrong
215 lbs · Scott Johnson · The Blind Side
Plus: An on-the-lam car guy gets the Apple+ treatment
Invite your friends to read Best Evidence
We'll make THAT worth your time too
The Docket 08.24.23 Dog Days
A legendary bank robbery, and Al Pacino's true-crime bona fides
PCT · Bear Brook · Yiya Murano
Plus: how you might become true-crime fodder
Reality TV edges into true crime (unintentionally)
We’ve talked before about reality TV stars who end up accused or convicted of true crimes, but we haven’t talked about scandals or crimes within those shows’...
Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case · My Daughter's Killer
Netflix docs, camp-Fyre tales, and Basquiat fakes
Peter Berg · Rudy Giuliani · FedEx
What are you watching this weekend?
The Docket 08.17.23 Crowned Heads
Listen to us Google stuff!
Henrietta Lacks · Unique Harris · Deadpool
Plus: Should you watch Depp v. Heard?
And just like that...there was Georgia.
You’d think (hope?) that after all my years covering crime, including on-the-ground reporting of San Francisco’s infamous Shrimp Boy case, I’d stop muttering...
The Sacklers · The Murdaughs · The Zodiac
Kobek, Kitsch, and some literal wine-'n'-crime
Swedish Scarf · Telemarketers · Mushrooms
Do the SF 49ers have a crime curse?
The Docket 08.10.23 Manson: The "Major-est" Case
Why it still endures; what that should look like going forward
The Retrievals
The crimeIn 2020, a nurse at the Yale University fertility treatment clinic was arrested when it was discovered she had been swapping the content of fentanyl...
What about cameras in the courtroom?
“The broadcast of the OJ Simpson murder trial was a formative moment for me,” I heard myself say the other day. Setting aside what a choad I sound like when...
Putting 4 Recent Netflix Docuseries In The Line-Up
Plus detectives' tunnel vision, Gilgo Beach commentary, and more