America’s Most Wanted · Nisman
Plus: Another podcast about the DC sniper
The Blotter Presents 127: Surviving R. Kelly Pt. 2 and Blood: A Memoir
Plus Pamela Smart, Polanski, and Reddit herrings.
Just Mercy · Weinstein's PowerPoint
Plus: show notes for The Blotter Presents 127
The Menendezes · White House Farm · Nicky Scarfo
Plus Kevin Smokler on activist documentaries.
What's the last true-crime book you quit?
Was the writing bad? Was the writing trying too hard to be good/literary? “It’s gross to say ‘not enough pictures, right?” Not always! (My most recent bail...
Adam Walsh · R. Kelly · Don’t F**k With Cats
Plus: Phishing in India
JonBenét · Manson Masks · Madeleine McCann
Plus: The true crime/crafts connection
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · Top 5 TBP Topics All-Time
Don’t forget to vote on the first bonus book-review topic of the new year! As requested (hey Muffy!), my write-up of The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, which...
Blotter 125 Aftershow: The Worst Dark Tours
[uploaded to Patreon 12/23/19] In which Jeb and I talk about murder tours we DON'T want to take...and I come up with absolutely the most disrespectful idea...
November Bonus Book Review: Catch And Kill
[posted to Patreon 11/30/19] The crime Which one, truly. The inside flap of Ronan Farrow's Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies, And A Conspiracy To Protect Predators...
Blotter 122 Aftershow: (Which) Would You Rather (Have Solved)?
[uploaded to Patreon 11/29/19] A thought exercise in which Toby and I contemplate which one of a pair of famously unsolved cases we'd rather know the answer...
Blotter 119 Aftershow: The Next Fear Of 13
[uploaded to Patreon 11/8/19] What cases seem to need a Fear of 13 treatment -- highly personal, unique, and individual-driven? Eve and I brainstorm...
October Bonus Book Review: King Con
[published on Patreon 11/1/19] The crime From the book jacket: "Edgar Laplante was a small-time grifter, virtuoso singer, and handsome young charmer. ... In...
December 2019 Bonus Book Review: Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe's masterful narrative of the Troubles combines crime, history...and some shade.
Leverage S05.E06, "The DB Cooper Job"
[posted to Patreon on 10/24/19] Running gags on other podcasts to the contrary, I don't know, or care, THAT much more about the DB Cooper case than the...
Blotter 115 Aftershow: True-Crime Blind Spots
[uploaded to Patreon 10/10/19] The cases Stephanie Early Green and I don't know anything about, and feel like we should, plus the narcotizing properties of...
Blotter 114 Aftershow: The Moratoria
[uploaded to Patreon 10/3/19] Cases Toby Ball and I just really can't hear about anymore, at least for a while. (Note: I confidently announced the name of...
September Bonus Book Review: Furious Hours
The crime It's more complicated than the book jacket's rendering, what with the voodoo rumors and the insurance fraud and whatnot, but the inside cover of...
Episode 113 Aftershow: More/Better Sports Criminals
[uploaded to Patreon 9/26/19] The choice of Oscar Pistorius as the opening topic is one of the things Sports Criminals got right, in AB's and my...
Episode 111 Aftershow: Adapt This Now!
[uploaded to Patreon 9/12/19] Eve and I make our pitches for the next prestige property to come out of current true-crime headlines. Plus, are Popeye's...