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Juvenile justice in Gary · Ness in Cleveland · Curséd real estate in Hopewell
$ · April 17, 2023
Slow your scroll -- there's a giveaway!
Cocaine Bear · Lie Detectors · Sig Sauers
April 14, 2023
Plus: Will you be having a Waco weekend?
Pretend profilers · Fast forgeries · Art-heist apps
April 13, 2023
And: the Subway series. ...Don't get up; I'll fire myself
True-crime lessons learned
April 12, 2023
We talk a lot about the divisions in today’s world, but what I’m thinking about today is another division. I’m thinking about the one between folks like us —...
Chat GPT · Sketching Trump · Theranos
April 11, 2023
The Real Housewives of Bryan???
Nixon · Knight
$ · April 10, 2023
Plus "American Caliph" and New York real-estate beef
Clarence Thomas · Mark Geragos · Big Mack
April 7, 2023
Plus: a new San Quentin doc hits the festival circuit
"It's brutal": Leo Frank and true crime at the theater
April 6, 2023
A conversation with Adam Grosswirth about "Parade"
"No relation": sharing names with the notorious
April 5, 2023
When I got married, I didn’t change my name. DPB didn’t care, I didn’t feel like it, and life has enough paperwork you don’t have a choice about. But we did...
Spiders · Long Movies · Trump
April 4, 2023
Your opinion sought on televised trials
Trailed · Reverend Mother · Murder & Basketball
$ · April 3, 2023
Leave the Pope out of it, will ya?
March 2023 Bonus Review: Wife, Mother, Murderer
$ · March 31, 2023
It's not bad, but it's probably not worth your time, either
Scott Peterson · The Colorado Cannibal · Scenes From A Textbook Scam
March 31, 2023
Plus a century-old con and another murderous dentist
Heidi Fleiss · Hillsong · ChatGPT
March 30, 2023
Welcome to the March budget sweep. It's a doozy!
Hollywood is Hollywood
March 29, 2023
A roundup of recent tinseltown-related true crime
"Breakout hits": favorite lam/escape properties
March 28, 2023
Muse Watson as Charles “DB Cooper” Westmoreland on Prison Break. I should probably get locked up for that pun, but anyway: what are your favorite/recommended...
"Waco" on Netflix · Eilish on "Swarm" · Vengeance on OKCupid
$ · March 27, 2023
Plus Susan on the Edgars, and a Texas scamfluencer on trial
Join the Best Evidence chat
$ · March 26, 2023
More true-crime connects and recs
Girl Scouts · Crackpots · Crime Seen
March 24, 2023
Plus BET-CRP planning and your weekend watches
Prick up your ears
March 23, 2023
A bounty of Bunting on crime audio from the archives
What's your serial killer required reading list?
March 22, 2023
When I was writing up my thoughts on Boston Strangler yesterday, I was surprised to discover that its source material wasn’t a book. That revelation is...
Slenderman · Boston Strangler · Citizen Sleuth
March 21, 2023
Plus: A cell phone scam long read
Say Nothing · Furious Hours · My Friend Anna
March 20, 2023
Plus: What we were considering this weekend
Harvard Yard · Stanford University · Jussie Smollett
March 17, 2023
Plus: Mulling the Delphi murders
Criminal Minds · Naked City · Joe Pepitone
March 16, 2023
Caril Ann Fugate three ways, plus Foxy drops the mic
Girls · In The Dark · Oscar Isaac
March 15, 2023
Plus: Guess Eve's Kurt Vonnegut theory was wrong
Your Edgar Awards ballot
March 14, 2023
Awards season isn’t quite over — we’ve still got the 2023 Edgars to look forward to! Not to mention Susan Howard’s coverage of this year’s Best Fact Crime...
Blake, Dunne, and Capote
$ · March 13, 2023
Plus, why Waco won't go anywhere
Peanut butter and jelly : Tech and crime
March 10, 2023
Plus: a lot going on this weekend!
Gilmore · MacDonald · Shakur · Kennedy · Nixon · Perry
March 9, 2023
And Spector, and Stone...a Robert Sam Anson reader
What true crime stories *shouldn't* be adapted?
March 8, 2023
As discussed on Best Evidence yesterday, the latest attempt to adapt H.H. Holmes-centric novel The Devil in the White City has tanked. As I read through the...
Frank Grillo · World's Fair · Jimmy Savile
March 7, 2023
Plus: An object lesson in how *not* to write about a school molestation scandal
Eliot Ness · Charlie Chaplin · Dick Wolf
$ · March 6, 2023
Plus Judith Light, the Gentleman Bandit, and stupid title tricks
Life for Murdaugh · University of Idaho · Jussie Smollett
March 3, 2023
Plus: your podcast help requested
"Melrose Place" · A Manson girl · The Ballad Of Nanette The Laundry Cart
March 2, 2023
Plus the Oscar streaker and bad re-enaccents
When your search for materials on a given case is itself a cold case
March 1, 2023
From an esteemed colleague came the following query yesterday: Have you ever heard of the Galbraith case? I can't seem to find a book on it. He enclosed a...
February 2023 Bonus Review: By Hands Now Known
$ · February 28, 2023
A revolting history; a new classic
Millionaire Dog · Dr. Phil · Ashton Kutcher
February 28, 2023
It's the February budget sweep!
Bear Brook · Robert Wone · I Have Some Questions For You
$ · February 27, 2023
Plus data scrubbing, Von Nukem research, and Jersey...Jerseying
Boston Strangler · Peak Murdaugh · Jane Doe
February 24, 2023
Weekend TV and real-life follows
Starkweather and Fugate · Hamilton and Burr · Ice-T and Live
February 23, 2023
And the good things about bad books
When centering the suspect works (and when it doesn't)
February 22, 2023
We’ve been talking a lot lately about how problematic it is to center the criminal in a true crime property. Victims rights advocates quite properly protest...
Listen now, watch later
February 21, 2023
Two roundups today: Some new podcasts of interest, and a bunch of upcoming true crime film and TV to watch for
Chris Dorner · Cadbury Eggs · Tiki Torchers
February 17, 2023
Plus: the [noun] And [noun] true crime title trend
Run Bambi Run: The Musical · Unfrozen Caveman Live PD
February 16, 2023
Plus the CBC on "Big True Crime," and more Cavett author beef
Stolen Youth · Salman Rushdie · Niecy Nash
February 15, 2023
Plus: How crime coverage misled us about bitcoin
What's your perfect Valentine's day true crime playlist?
February 14, 2023
RCMP Alberta @RCMPAlbertaSave yourself heartache this Valentine’s Day by ensuring you protect yourself from car thieves. Park in well-lit areas and remove...
Baseball Myths · Black Widows · Bankman-Fried
$ · February 12, 2023
Plus sketchy YouTube momagers, and a cold case gets cracked
Bugsy · Brett · Bird on the lam
February 10, 2023
Plus Santos, superfluous reporting, and your true-crime weekends
Hooray for Hollywood (true crime)
February 9, 2023
As folks return to the theater, true crime pictures get bigger
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