Last Take: "How you get justice from an accident"
The making of Rust turned into a Möbius of trauma for everyone involved, not least Halyna Hutchins. Is a documentary about it worth making – or watching?...
2025 Edgar Awards round-up: The Infernal Machine
Read Susan Howard’s take on a tale of anarchist bombings and the birth of the surveillance state right here… …or up your support of Best Evidence and get...
Read-Handed: Gypsy-Rose, Michael Stewart, and sisters of mercy
Plus a Lawrence Wright longread, the passing of a genre giant, and the perils of branded crimoir. More from SDB’s reading list here, or grab a full sub and...
2025 Edgar Awards round-up: Long Haul
Once again this year, Best Evidence is tackling the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award nominees for Best Fact Crime book. Read Susan Howard’s first...
The Man Nobody Killed: art, community, and the grief left behind
Mark Blankenship’s review of Elon Green’s latest is here — or, to get full reviews straight to your inbox, Subscribe now
Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas is true crime comfort food
I should lead by confessing that prior to watching new Paramount+ true crime series Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas, almost everything I knew about...
February 2025 Bonus Review: The Annals of Manhattan Crime
6 takeaways from a rare '80s magazine issue…including how to read it for free A Pottstown, PA publication contemplates the Crater case. Subscribe now
How true-crimey was Gene Hackman’s c.v.?
The late great Hoosiers star has a long IMDb résumé, including a handful of classics. But is he a GENRE legend? find out with SDB’s Hackman BET-CRP or read...
6 better uses of your time than Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Peacock had its reasons for making the hourlong doc; I can't really come up with any for watching it. SDB’s alternative read/watch list is here, or grab a...
You’ve watched Secrets Of The Dead’s Nazi art-thief episode. What’s next?
The PBS show wraps up its look at Hitler's righthand art looter, Bruno Lohse, this week; we've got your further reading covered. SDB’s review and reader here...
Read-Handed: FDR, forensics, and French takes on 50 cases
SDB’s updated reading list is right here; to get this, the entire Best Evidence archive, AND delivery of new content straight to your inbox, grab a paid sub...
American Murder: Gabby Petito is a wasted opportunity
It’s hard to see the through line between the cases Netflix franchise American Murder has chosen to spotlight. In 2020, it was the death of Watts family at...
Who Is Luigi Mangione? ID's hour-long doc won't tell you
But it IS rather informative on how NOT to cover UHC CEO Brian Thompson’s murder/er. SDB’s full review is here; if you’d like all these reviews in your...
The Ice Man: Kuklinski, Soprano, and an unjustly forgotten doc series
America Undercover probably belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of TV true crime. Why don't we talk about it anymore? Richard Kuklinski. (HBO) read SDB’s review...
Read-Handed: Carolina murders and computer crimes
Plus Vivian Gordon vs. Jimmy Walker, law enforcement vs. the written word, and SDB vs. the inventory pile. SDB’s whole reading/review list is here — but with...
Apple Cider Vinegar is Anatomy of Lies for the MAHA set
On the surface, the case of Belle Gibson doesn't have enough meat on its bones to justify a one-off true crime feature, let alone a full series. The...
The terms by which the thing is understood: Zodiac Killer Project
The crimeThe Zodiac killings. A snarky frame from Charlie Shackleton’s Zodiac Killer Project. (Charlie Shackleton) The storyFilmmaker Charlie Shackleton...
The Girl With the Needle is a gorgeous Danish nightmare
The crimeBorn in 1887, Dagmar Overby was a Danish woman who worked as a "baby farmer," taking in unwanted children from parents unable to care for them in...
January 2025 Bonus Review: The Apprentice in Wonderland
The president makes a famous gesture. (FilmMagic) The crimeRape; fraud; slander; treason; misdemeanor use of a TJ Eckleburg reference. Subscribe now
4 new true crime shows to look forward to
True crime programming planners, they're just like us! There's been a marked lull in true crime drops the last few weeks, which makes sense given how...