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Catching Killers · Julius Caesar · The Stroll
June 23, 2023
Plus: A sports memorabilia scam longread
The Docket 06.22.23 Toma and Gein
June 22, 2023
A '70s crimoir procedural, and a major case with nothing new to tell us
Death Investigators · Corrupt Cops · Pollsters
$ · June 21, 2023
Plus: A true crime podcast about surviving true crimes
Getting leaky
June 20, 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, the political figure perhaps best known for his role in leaking the Pentagon Papers, died Friday at the age of 92. If you’re hazy on...
Putting the "duh" back in "double indemnity"
June 19, 2023
Plus monumental protests and missing caskets
Hypnosis · JP Morgan · Anna Delvey
June 16, 2023
Plus: More on the University of Idaho slayings
The Docket 06.15.23 The Crowded Room and OJ's legacy
June 15, 2023
A listener call gets real about DID; trauma becoming IP; when the actor gets the blame but isn’t the problem; short kings; how the OJ trial changed true...
Jared Fogle · Dowries · Bryan Singer
$ · June 14, 2023
Plus: A BE bestie on Based on a True Story
The best Unabomber remembrances in the game
June 13, 2023
Please tap through this photo’s link to see photographer Richard Barnes’s fascinating explanation of this photo of Kaczynski’s cabin. If you’ve been on the...
Tawana Brawley · Timothy McVeigh · Tennessee Williams
$ · June 12, 2023
And "Law & Order," and La Cosa Nostra
Influencers · Reptiles · Jimmy Pesto
June 9, 2023
Plus: The CW trades DC for TC
The Docket 06.08.23 Milligan and Parchman
June 8, 2023
The DID/true-crime Venn, plus upcoming projects
Tweakerworld · Zodiac · Scientology
$ · June 7, 2023
Plus: Robert Hanssen, remembered
Summer-reading bingo, true-crime version
June 6, 2023
Anyone else got a summer-reading bingo card going? I’ve got high hopes for knocking one off this year; get your own card from our esteemed colleague...
Duggars · Darden · Death on the Lot
$ · June 5, 2023
Plus: the changeling narrative in American culture and other longreads
Music · Max · Medicine
June 2, 2023
It's the May budget sweep!
The Docket 06.01.23
June 1, 2023
Mamet, Stone, Sebold, and the faulty narratives that endure
Natalia Grace · Elizabeth Holmes · Anna Delvey
$ · May 31, 2023
Plus: Leslie Van Houten's parole chances
True cringe: vintage true crime's biggest dealbreakers
May 30, 2023
Not even this author’s worst offense in this regard IMO. Let’s face it: the punchbowl of “heritage” true crime contains many a turd. But I don’t mean the...
May 2023 Bonus Review: Who Killed Robert Wone?
$ · May 29, 2023
A story about competing (and missing) stories
Randall and Sex Scandals · Judy Malinowski · Burden of Proof
May 26, 2023
Plus: a 1920s crime, revived
The Docket 05.25.23: Incarceration franchises and Nancy Grace
May 25, 2023
"60 Days In," Pacey Witter, and hard-hair blondes
Debunking the "CSI Effect"
$ · May 24, 2023
Plus: Rolf Harris and HH Holmes
Why does the Idaho Murders/Bryan Kohberger case continue to fascinate?
May 23, 2023
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Madison Mogen, was in...
Sacco and Vanzetti · Warhol · Exoneration 101
$ · May 22, 2023
Summer reading's accidental treasures
Hillsong · Freeway Phantom · Horses
May 19, 2023
Plus: A first look at "Killers of the Flower Moon"
The Docket 05.18.23
May 18, 2023
Upcoming Oxygen programming and true-crime-satire fatigue
Death of a Bookseller · Airbnb · Ugly Houses
$ · May 17, 2023
Plus: the real Wendy Carr
You can buy a house on Facebook Marketplace?
May 16, 2023
As always, you folks were right. In Friday’s “what true crime we’re consuming this weekend” section, I said I’d be dipping into Netflix’s newly-released...
"Cook to cook": Bourdain, Mary Mallon, and true crime
$ · May 15, 2023
Plus a new scam pod, and Manson The Lesser's defamation suit hits a snag
Happy Best Evidence Anniversary!
May 12, 2023
Plus: your true crime weekend plans and some big Best Evidence (audio) news
"The evidence is not overwhelming or definitive"
May 11, 2023
RFK Jr., "Secrets of the Dead," and a long-cold Nebraska case is closed Down Under
Let's talk about George Santos and E. Jean Carroll
May 10, 2023
It’s not the worst news day for the good guys. A jury in New York awarded writer and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll $5 million Tuesday in her civil suit...
10 wild lines from that Elizabeth Holmes interview
May 9, 2023
Voice changes and trips to the zoo
Jordan Neely · Bison Dele · Pierce Brosnan
$ · May 8, 2023
And art theft, and campaign graft
Brad Bohannon · Gypsy Rose Blanchard · Menudo
May 5, 2023
Plus: a true crime survey follow-up
White House Plumbers · L&O BDSM
May 4, 2023
Plus cross-examining TV and gallery grift
Criminals with AARP eligibility
May 3, 2023
74-year-old cat burglar Mitsuaki Tanigawa “Although the majority of criminal offences are committed by young persons, about 1% of crimes have been reported...
The Menendezes · Roman Polanski · Another Black Mass
May 2, 2023
Plus: Where do you stand on heists?
Marilyn Monroe · Tony Tetro · Leopold and Loeb
$ · May 1, 2023
Plus ethics in true crime, and disappeared in Florida
April 2023 Bonus: The Law & Order IRL Case Codex
$ · April 30, 2023
In which yet another SDB project idea turns into A Whole Thing
Las Vegas · Tucker Carlson · E. Jean Carroll
April 28, 2023
It's already time for the April budget sweep
Reeva · Dersh · Europol
April 27, 2023
Plus another bite at the "Candy" apple
American Greed · Salt Bae · Michael Jackson
April 26, 2023
Plus: The guy who inspired Syriana gets into arms trading
Criminally overlooked 1970s-era cases
April 25, 2023
“We get that prestige scripted true crime about the seventies is tempting because the production designer can go off on the clothing and music,” Sarah...
David Grann · Roy Cohn · Jesse James · Edgars Predictions
$ · April 24, 2023
Plus the Doomsday Mom and some deadly dessert
The Disapproval Matrix? · Bamboozle · Mysterious Motel Manslaughter
April 21, 2023
Plus Part 2 of my author interview with Alex Mar
11 cannabis-themed crime reads to celebrate 4/20
April 20, 2023
From murders involving Mary Jane to chronic scams, here's a weed reader to celebrate the holiday
Hopelessly devoted to defamation
April 19, 2023
You might not remember Denial, the 2016 dramatic adaptation of Deborah Lipstadt's excellent book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier....
David Choe · Peoples Temple · Suing Netflix
April 18, 2023
The Streisand effect sure is effective.
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