The Docket

On the eve of the World Series, we're talking baseball's crimes and misdemeanors: A-Rod, Eight Men Out, wild men of the Gay Nineties, and more.

The doc director has two projects out this week; we're looking back at Carr's past work with some recommendations.

Hulu's new docuseries unpacks crime-adjacent urban legends. Does it get at anything deeper?

American netlet The CW imported ITV’s Joan as part of its…whatever it’s doing now; EB and SDB don’t understand what the six-part docudrama on legendary heister/and crime boss Joan Hannington* is doing on the Dawson’s network, but we do understand how expensive-looking it is, what we like about the thoughtful production design and pacing, and ... Read more

It's not advice; we're discussing the new Investigation Discovery series, why shows like this sell, EB's true-crime pet peeves, and more.

With legendary scammer Anna Delvey headed to DWTS, we're looking at reality-show income streams for post-incarceration "stars."

When it comes to celebrities and drugs of abuse, has anything changed -- in the coverage or in popular attitudes?

Blotter Brief 4 on Sports Illustrated's "Air" McNair podcast. Originally published October 22, 2018.

Now a judge, Dan Stidham represented Jessie Misskelley Jr. for nearly two decades; he talked with SDB about his 2023 book, A Harvest Of Innocence, plus Satanic panic, interrogation techniques, and much more.

Sarah's recommended reads and watches in the forgeries subgenre, including bad paper, art "reproductions," and fugazi whiskey.

Our recommendations for crime stories featuring the Olympics and Olympians -- steroids, marathon madness, and much more.

Why is the doc industrial complex returning to Lou Pearlman yet again? And is there still a place in the modern mediascape for Unsolved Mysteries?

Eve digs into the eternal-life industrial complex with recommended pods, books, and docs on wellness scams.

What makes a solid true-crime road-trip listen? What sets it apart from an errands listen, or a bedtime listen? We've got some ideas (and we'd love to hear yours!).

Our favorite and most noteworthy true crime with "America" or "American" in the title, plus bedtime listens, aging eyes, and the formalities of mourning.

On Anna Akbari's catfish-ee crimoir, plus small stories, choices of medium, and admitting that you want revenge.

Richard Linklater's two different approaches to two different Skip Hollandsworth pieces for Texas Monthly, plus fresh eyes, small-town tales, and the "cold center" of the Coens.

It's graduation season, so we're talking about the fabulists and ID grifters who REFUSE to graduate. Is your most fascinating case on our lists?

A recent piece from Nieman Lab got us talking about transparency, reporting versus storytelling, and the formative power of COPS.

Mark Blankenship joins SDB to talk about Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society, "narrowcast" books, and childlike motivations of Victorian gangsters.