Crime Writers On...True Crime Review
547 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsThe original true crime review podcast that looks at other podcasts, TV, and pop culture. True crime authors and real-life couple Rebecca Lavoie and Kevin Flynn hold a pop-culture round table with noir novelist Toby Ball and journalist-turned-investigator Lara Bricker. The panel chats about other podcasts (including 'Serial') as well as journalism, storytelling, TV shows and films, and the special segment, 'Crime of the Week.' Show website: crimewriterson.com. Follow the show on X @crimewriterson. Find us on Facebook facebook.com/crimewritersonpodcast. Email the show at [email protected].
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Fake Priest and Class Action Park
September 21, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHis parishioners didn't learn Father Ryan Scott wasn't a priest until he'd already made off with their money. The crime writers share their thoughts on "Smoke Screen: Fake Priest." FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "SMOKE SCREEN: FAKE PRIEST," GO TO MINUTE 24:00 Then HBO Max's "Class Action Park" plays for laughs with its look back at a NJ water park with rides so ridiculously hazardous that no insurance company would cover it. Then things take a hard turn when we hear from the family one of ...
The Vow & Unfinished: Deep South
September 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBLara announces she's combining her love of cats and investigative skills into a new career. Who knew you could? Was the 1954 lynching of prominent Black businessman Isadore Banks solely an act of racism, or was there also a financial motive? We're discussing "Unfinished: Deep South” from Witness Docs. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "UNFINISHED" GO TO MINUTE 29:00 Then the panel gets a real-time inside look at the multilevel marketing/sex cult NXIVM with the people who were there. We’re ta...
BONUS: One on One with Madeleine Baran from "In The Dark"
September 09, 2020 13:56 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this bonus episode of Crime Writers On, here is Rebecca's exclusive interview with Madeleine Baran, host of "In The Dark," with her reactions to news the state has dropped charges against Curtis Flowers. Additional resources: APM Reports: It's Over: Charges against Curtis Flowers are dropped New York Times: After 6 Murder Trials and Nearly 24 Years, Charges Dropped Against Curtis Flowers Motion to Dismiss SCOTUS decision Transcript of SCOTUS oral arguments Click here to get th...
The Sneak and Morally Indefensible
September 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBKevin kicks off the discussion with some excellent medical news. In season two of "The Sneak: The Murders at Whiskey Creek," Jack Murphy was a champion surfer who captured headlines in 1964 as a cool jewel thief for stealing the world’s largest sapphire from a New York museum. But was the charming thief known as "Murph the Surf" more violent than his legacy portrays? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE SNEAK," GO TO 33:00 The relationship between a murderer and a journalist resulted in F...
Relative Unknown and Fear City
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWith Kevin taking a sick day, the rest of the panel gets to hear about Lara's new profession: pet detective. Plus, Toby's killer cat Little Foot is at it again. In the podcast “Relative Unknown," host Jackee Taylor learns the man at the center of a double murder/homicide was actually her father, a former Hells Angel who took his family into Witness Protection and later disappeared from her life. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "RELATIVE UNKNOWN" GO TO MINUTE 23:00 In the 70s and 80s, the ...
Nice White Parents and The Orange Tree
August 17, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBLeading off...“The Orange Tree” revisits a crime which resonates with college students in Austin years later. What makes "The Orange Tree" different is the seven-part series is not the work of a major publishing house. It’s written and produced by students at the University of Texas. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE ORANGE TREE," GO TO 35:00 Then, from Serial Productions comes “Nice White Parents.” Host Chana Joffe-Walt looks at one Brooklyn majority-minority school where a new batch of...
Guru and 30 for 30's Heavy Medals
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBThey thought they were on a vision quest retreat with a leading self-help teacher. In the end, three were killed in a make-shift sweat lodge. We learn what happened in Wondery’s new hit, “Guru.” FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "GURU" GO TO 34:00 The new 30 for 30 podcast “Heavy Medals” looks at the story of Bela and Martha Karolyi, who made champions through motivation, manipulation, and masochism. The famed coaches elevated American women’s gymnastics, then created the situation which has ...
Perry Mason and Motive For Murder
July 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBHBO is out with a reboot of “Perry Mason.” But this time, Mason is not a 1950s defense attorney. Instead, he’s a 1930s private eye, working for a lawyer and investigating the case of a kidnapping-gone-wrong. Will Mason find the answers in Hollywood’s underbelly...and will he get the case-clearing confession the character is known for? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "PERRY MASON" GO TO THE 29th MINUTE. In 2012, Gelareh Bagherzadeh was shot in her car outside her home. Police were stumped no...
Uncover: Dead Wrong and Quiz
July 06, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBOn this episode we introduce our podcast audience to our new Facebook Watch audience. Be sure to tune in and be a part of both CWO families. His alibi was solid and the case went cold...until investigators put together a prosecution with bad evidence and dodgy witnesses. He was exonerated after two decades, but if Glen Assoun isn't Brenda Way's killer...was it the serial killer living a block away? We’re talking about season 7 of the CBC podcast "Uncover: Dead Wrong." FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE ...
I'll Be Gone in the Dark on HBO! Plus a review of Slow Burn: David Duke
June 29, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBHere's a big announcement from the team. "Crime Writers On..." is now a video show on FACEBOOK WATCH. Just search for "Crime Writers On..." on Facebook Watch or on Facebook to see video from the podcast. DEBUTS JULY 7. In the latest season of “Slow Burn” from Slate, host Josh Levin chronicles white supremacist David Duke’s methodical journey from fringe figure to mainstream politician, a journey not fully appreciated by the establishment until it was too late. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW O...
Killing Eve (Season 3) and 13th
June 22, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBWe begin with season three of the highly-acclaimed and much-loved comic-espionage drama "Killing Eve." Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer return as the rivals driven by equal measures of dangerous obsession and fatal attraction. Can Eve root out the spies and what will happen when she finally crosses paths with Villanelle? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "KILLING EVE" SEASON THREE GO TO 27:00. Then, it's an important time to revisit Ava DuVerney's Oscar nominated "13th." The Netflix doc is timely an...
THE ALL BRODERICK EDITION: It Was Simple and Dirty John 2: The Betty Broderick Story
June 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBIt's the summer of Betty Broderick! First, The LA Times is out with a four-part podcast called "It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders." The series is more of a retrospective of the crime and its cultural effects. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "IT WAS SIMPLE" GO TO 33:00 Then season two of the "Dirty John" TV series (also with LA Times roots) is an eight-part television melodrama. "Dirty John 2: The Betty Broderick Story" features Amanda Peet as Betty, a woman unable to come to grip...
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich and The Imperfect Alibi
June 08, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBHe was the billionaire investor who hosted celebrities, politicians, and royalty. He was also a pedophile who used his enormous wealth to traffic young girls. Netflix’s four-part series “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,” goes deep into the people and events around his life and provides a platform for his many victims, who are not afraid to name names. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "FILTHY RICH" GO TO 32:00 The Atlanta Journal Constitution is out with a multi-media investigation into a 1985 d...
Homecoming (Season 2) and The Lost Kids podcsat
June 01, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWhy did 16 year old Daniel Yuen walk away from a school for "troubled teens" and where did he go? The podcast “The Lost Kids” explores the under-regulated industry of “tough love” programs and, in particular, the Southern California facility known as CEDU and its historical connections to a dangerous cult. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE LOST KIDS" GO TO :34 A woman wakes up in a canoe with no memory of how she got there. The trail leads her to the Geist corporation, the mysterious com...
Wind of Change and Son of a Hitman
May 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn this episode: two investigations that touch on spycraft and show business. First, he was a professional gambler in-and-out of trouble with the law. He was also the father of future-actor Woody Harrelson. But in 1979, Charles Harrelson was charged with slaying a federal judge. The new podcast “Son of a Hitman,” explores Harrelson’s life of crime with the help of his son, Brett. Was he involved in the most famous assassination in history? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "SON OF A HITMAN,"...
Trial by Media on Netflix
May 18, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBSweat pants? Has Kevin finally given up? Plus, does Toby know who anybody is? And why does it sound like he's recording this week's show in a public toilet? The crime writers discuss “Trial by Media,” from Netflix. The six part series looks at a group of high-profile cases and how press coverage influenced their outcomes. Sometimes the intense media coverage and live television broadcasts were major factors. Sometimes, public opinion shifted and turned one-time heroes into villains. And in ...
Giri/Haji and Waco (Both on Netflix!)
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBA murder in London sparks a gang war in Tokyo among rival Yakuza. Detective Kenzo Mori is told his brother, thought to be dead, may be living in the UK and central to the conflict. “Giri/Haji,” from BBC-2 and Netflix. is a bilingual drama that bends genres...plus it has an ending unlike anything we’ve seen. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "GIRI/HAJI" GO TO 25:00 Then we talk about the re-release of the Paramount Network’s miniseries “Waco.” It features a sanitized version of David Koresh ...
Run & The Innocence Files eps 4-7
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBAfter a rage-inducing opening act, the crime writers discuss the final two sections of Netflix's The Innocence Files. Each story is good on its own; how do they work stacked side-by-side? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE INNOCENCE FILES" EP 4-9, GO TO 33:00. Then the panel hits the rails for HBO's romantic comedy, Run. Starring Emmy-winner Merritt Wever, we’re left to wonder where the reunited couple are going and what they’re leaving behind. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "RUN," GO T...
Bad Education and The Innocence Files (Part 1)
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBSchool’s in! We’re looking at HBO’s new movie, “Bad Education.” Based on a true story, school superintendent Frank Tassone is on top of the world, but things begin to unravel when a high school journalist is assigned a story about the budget. Does it get a passing grade? (Note: Bad Education is based on this outstanding New York Magazine article by Bob Kolker.) FOR OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF “BAD EDUCATION,” GO TO 28:00 Then, a look at episodes 1-3 of Netflix’s ambitious series, “The Innoc...
Atlanta's Missing & Murdered, and The Pale Horse
April 20, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBAre the crime writers eating well? Some of them are. Leading off: A woman dies under mysterious circumstances with a list of names in her shoe. Are they in danger? And does it have anything to do with a coven of witches in an English village? The two-part adaptation of “The Pale Horse” from BBC One and Amazon Prime veers from Agatha Christie’s novel, keeping its supernatural overtones but leaning more on domestic suspense than its murder-for-hire origins. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "T...
Ozark & How to Fix a Drug Scandal
April 13, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWhen Massachusetts State Police discover a chemist has been tampering with evidence at the drug lab, it opens a legal Pandora's box. Netflix’s four-part “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” follows the lawyers seeking answers, the prosecutors who tried to cover it up, and the troubled life of one of the chemists whose personal addiction up-ended the scales of justice. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “HOW TO FIX A DRUG SCANDAL,” GO TO 29:00 In season three of Netflix’s “Ozark,” a drug war in Mexico ...
Cool Mules and The Valhalla Murders
April 06, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBOur first review is “Cool Mules” from Canadaland. Vice Canada music editor Slava Pastukhov believed the only way to advance at the gonzo news outlet was through more extreme journalism. A mix of greed and ambition led him to orchestrate a drug trafficking ring to Australia. OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF “COOL MULES” BEGINS IN MINUTE 34 Next is a look at Netflix’s foreign-language series, “The Valhalla Murders.” This police procedural is the latest in the growing number of shows set in Iceland...
Introducing Toby Ball's "Strange Arrivals"
March 31, 2020 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.2 MBRebecca and Kevin introduce Toby Ball's new podcast, "Strange Arrivals." On a September night in 1961, in the mountains of New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill encountered something they could not explain. What really happened that autumn night? Welcome to Strange Arrivals, where host Toby Ball will unravel one of history's most famous cases of alien abduction. This seasonal ten-part series will have new 25 to 30-minute episodes every Tuesday, starting March 31. You can listen to on Apple ...
Tiger King on Netflix
March 30, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThe panel discusses the much-buzzed about documentary, "Tiger King." Expanding on the characters and themes of the recent "Joe Exotic" podcast, this Netflix doc dives even deeper into the world of big cats and the shady people who love them. No doubt it's entertaining, but does it handle the people and issues in a responsible way? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "TIGER KING" GO TO 1:03 PLUS: A big announcement from Toby! His new 10-part podcast, "Strange Arrivals," is out March 31. Subscri...
The Dating Game Killer and Lost Girls
March 23, 2020 10:06 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThe crime writers check in with updates on how they're dealing with self-isolation and ponder the world confronted by the coronavirus. In the first review, the panel discusses "The Dating Game Killer" from Wondery and Hollywood & Crime. The docu-drama recalls the tale of serial killer/game show contestant Rodney Alcala. How will the team react to the podcast's style and substance? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE DATING GAME KILLER," GO TO 29:00 Then the group gets into Netflix's film ...
Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders and Verified
March 16, 2020 10:06 - 1 hour - 62 MBThis week, Lara's son takes a very bad fall and Kevin has some professional news. Leading off, the crime writers discuss the new podcast from HLN, “Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders.” The reporters attempt to shed light on a double killing with few publicly known facts. Can they advance the story? OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF “DOWN THE HILL” BEGINS IN MINUTE 33 Then, they jet to Italy for “Verified” from Witness Docs and Stitcher. This ten-part series looks at a group of women and their se...
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez and a recommendations roundup!
March 09, 2020 10:06 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBAfter a week of reeling in the years, the Crime Writers are back discussing the hard-hitting Netflix documentary, “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez.” Viewers learn the long trail of physical and emotional abuse suffered by Gabriel and the many missed opportunities to save his life. And it dives into the issues around the failings of law enforcement, social services, elected officials, and the System’s desire to protect itself at the expense of the children it’s supposed to help. OUR SPOILER ...
200th EPISODE SPECIAL
March 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBThis is our 200th episode, and to mark the occasion we’re going to look back at some of our favorite moments from Crime Writers On. We’ll revisit reviews from classic podcasts, games, milestones, things that made us cry with laughter, and shed other kinds of tears. For exclusive podcasts and more, go to patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia. This week's special episode cover art: Top row Millie Bobby Brown from “Stranger Things” David Rudolf from “The Staircase” Bowe Bergdahl from “Serial”...
McMillions and The Other Latif
February 24, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBAs the crime writers prepare for their 200th episode special, Rebecca and Kevin have an invitation to London-based listeners. First off, in “The Other Latif,” Latif Nasser learns a Moroccan native who shares his name has been held for years at Guantanamo accused of being a top military adviser to Osama bin Laden. This miniseries from RadioLab explores whether his namesake is as dangerous as the US says he is. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “RADIOLAB: THE OTHER LATIF” BEGINS IN THE 31st MINUTE....
The Pharmacist and Uncover: Satanic Panic
February 17, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBAfter casting their votes in the New Hampshire Primary, the panel is ready to vote on two new true crime titles. First, the crime writers discuss the new season of Uncover: Satanic Panic. Host Lisa Rundle brings us to a Saskatchewan town rocked in the 90s by an alleged pedophilia ring run by devil worshipers. The podcast recalls the mass hysteria and the lives forever changed by the charges. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “UNCOVER: SATANIC PANIC” STARTS IN THE 28 MINUTE OF THE SHOW. Then, Net...
Chasing Cosby and The Sneak
February 10, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBGreetings from New Hampshire, where the Crime Writers will be among those casting their First in the Nation primary ballots. Hear them discuss the new text technology campaigns will be using to get your vote. Leading off, USAToday Sports and For the Win is out with a podcast covering an unusual bank Heist. “The Sneak” tells us of a bizarre armored car holdup where a man disguised as a landscaper escaped down river on an inner tube. Host Nate Scott says there’s much more to the story. OUR S...
The Officer's Wife and Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
February 03, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBMixed reviews this week from the crime writers. First, they explore "The Officer's Wife" from Vault Studios. Just as you think the story will be a typical by-the-numbers true crime tale...it offers a real plot twist. But does it leave too many listener questions unanswered? OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE OFFICER'S WIFE" BEGINS AROUND THE 34 MINUTE MARK. Then, Netflix has a new documentary tackling the life and crimes of the late NFL star Aaron Hernandez. Much like the 2018 podcast "Gladi...
No Body Recovered and The Outsider
January 27, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBThe panel takes a moment to reflect on the premature demise of two of their favorite shows, HBO’s “Watchmen” and Netflix’s “Mindhunter.” The Crime Writers follow BBC Radio to County Donegal for a look at Ireland’s longest unsolved missing child case. In season one of “No Body Recovered,” host Kevin Connolly explores the 1977 story of Mary Boyle, through the eyes of the family torn apart by her disappearance. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “NO BODY RECOVERED” BEGINS AROUND THE 36 MINUTE MARK. ...
The Dream and Disorganized Crime
January 20, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBIn an episode that seems to go off the rails at times, the panel discusses season two of “The Dream.” Host Jane Marie tackles the wellness industry, covering everything from healing crystals and medicinal herbs to vitamins and natural childbirth. Are they coming after the thing YOU believe is saving you from illness? OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “THE DREAM” BEGINS IN THE 29th MINUTE OF THE SHOW. Then the crime writers review the long, strange trip in “Disorganized Crime: Smuggler’s Daughter....
Dig and Midnight Son
January 13, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBThe panel discusses the new podcast/audiobook hybrid “Midnight Son” from Audible Originals. We’re taken to the Arctic to explore the crimes of an Alaska Native and to investigate his claim that while as a fugitive in the wilderness he was visited by mythic tribe thought only to exist in legend. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “MIDNIGHT SON,” GO TO THE 41 MINUTE MARK Then, we’re off to Louisville for season one of “Dig” from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Host Eleanor Kliba...
Accused and Don't F**k with Cats
January 06, 2020 11:06 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBRebecca and Kevin start by addressing some back-end tech changes that could affect listeners’ experience. There are shout-outs to our newest listener. And the panel solicits input from the audience for our upcoming 200th episode celebration. The Crime Writers review the new season of “Accused.” The eight-part series is a story of corporate malfeasance, wrapped in a missing persons case filled with conspiracy theories, family secrets, and government lies. OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF “ACCUSED...
In the Dark update and The Confession Killer
December 23, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 65 MBThe crime writers marvel at Kevin’s encyclopedic knowledge of Dunkin Donuts locations in New Hampshire! The team is blown away by the latest bonus episode of “In the Dark,” which covers Curtis Flowers’s bail hearing now that SCOTUS has overturned his conviction. If this were the final installment of the Peabody winning podcast, would it be the perfect ending? OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF “IN THE DARK” STARTS AT APPROXIMATELY 35:00 Then the panel looks at Netflix’s five-part series, “The Con...
The Catch and Kill Podcast & Detective Trapp
December 16, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBLeading off, Ronan Farrow's “The Catch and Kill Podcast” is an inside look at one of the most important stories of the decade, giving a deeper dive into the downfall of one of the entertainment industry’s most powerful men. Is there still more to this story? YOU CAN FIND OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "CATCH AND KILL" AROUND THE 34:38 MINUTE MARK. The team behind “Dirty John” returns with “Detective Trapp.” Anaheim's only female homicide detective is assigned the case of an unidentified woman...
Broken Justice & Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
December 09, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThere arose such a clatter at Lara's town holiday celebration (fowl play). And Toby has been getting Twitter trolled by Dan Taberski! PBS NewsHour has released a podcast examining the public defender system in the US entitled “Broken Justice.” Frank Carlson and Amna Nawaz look at the issue through the lens of the Missouri public defenders office, one in which attorneys are given more clients than they can ethically handle. A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "BROKEN JUSTICE" CAN BE FOUND AT APPROXIM...
Hunting Warhead and The Devil Next Door
November 25, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBNetflix’s “The Devil Next Door” recaps the legal battles of John Demjanjuk, a retired autoworker in Cleveland accused of being a Nazi prison camp guard known as "Ivan the Terrible." Featuring extensive film from the original trial as well as disturbing Holocaust images, "The Devil Next Door" challenges the viewer’s allegiances. Then, CBC Podcasts and Norwegian newspaper VG have teamed up for a disturbing investigation into the digital world of child pornography. “Hunting Warhead” begins wit...
Have You Seen This Man & Tell Me Who I Am
November 18, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week, Lara is bitten by a tick (not on the podcast though), we squee about The Crown, and a person from a recent podcast sends an email to the crime writers. ABC Audio’s new podcast "Have you Seen This Man" goes on the manhunt for a former-death row convict who walked away from an Ohio prison in 1973 and hasn't been seen since. Reporter Matthew Mosk follows US Marshals still hunting Lester Eubanks after five decades on the run. Netflix’s “Tell Me Who I Am” documents one amnesia patien...
Why you should watch Watchmen, plus Murder in Oregon
November 11, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB“Murder in Oregon” explores one of that state’s most infamous homicides. Corrections Department Director Michael Francke was stabbed outside of his office in 1989. Was his killing tied to his investigation of corruption? OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF "MURDER IN OREGON" BEGINS IN THE 24th MINUTE. HBO's “Watchmen” takes place in an alternative history where cops who hide behind masks for their own safety team with costumed vigilantes to fight crime and avoid a race war. Like the comic, "Watchme...
Dolly Parton's America & Bad Batch
November 04, 2019 11:06 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBLeading off, the medical mystery behind Wondery's "Bad Batch" is not just who is responsible for contaminated stem cells that made patients sick. It also looks at the company’s claims that stem cells can treat virtually everything, when it’s only approved for blood disorders. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "BAD BATCH," BEGINS IN THE 28th MINUTE Moving on, NYC Studios and OSM Audio are rolling out a nine-part series about an American icon. In “Dolly Parton’s America,” RadioLab host Jad Abumrad ...
Limetown (on Facebook Watch) and The Undercovers
October 28, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 59 MBFirst up, Facebook Watch is out with its own imagining of the podcast, "Limetown." As with the original, the story revolves around a public radio reporter investigating the sudden disappearance of hundreds of people from a tiny town and remote research facility years ago. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "LIMETOWN," BEGINS IN THE 28th MINUTE. Moving on, “The Undercovers” is an audio dramatization of the life and career of a DEA agent and his exploits working to take down narco-terrorists from in...
StartUp's final episodes and Motive from WBEZ
October 21, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWe start with a look inside podcasting's biggest business deal: Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet. In "StartUp," Alex Blumberg and Matt Leiber reveal the behind-the-scenes tensions and pose the question: can a nine-figure paycheck mend this friendship? OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "STARTUP" BEGINS IN THE 32nd MINUTE. Next, "Motive" from the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ tells the case of teen exonerated for a murder, awarded millions, only to wide up in jail again. With its “Making a Murderer”-t...
The Mysterious Mr. Epstein & The Missing Cryptoqueen
October 14, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThe Crime Writers get into about book covers. (Guess which one has the worst cover ever?) In “The Mysterious Mr. Epstein,” host Linsey Graham hopes to fill in the blanks around the infamous investor-to-the-stars’s origin story and how he was able to lure and rape young women with no consequences for so long. Our spoiler-free review of The Mysterious Mr. Epstein begins in the 32nd minute. BBC Sounds presents an investigation into a multi-million dollar scam involving OneCoin and the disapp...
Criminal & Passenger List
October 07, 2019 10:06 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBAlthough her dog is on her final legs, Rebecca pushes through to lead the discussion. Kevin gives a shout out to his Walk a Mile in Her Shoes supporters. First up: Netflix’s new crime series is an anthology set in a police interview room and its adjacent observation post. In Criminal: UK, we see a specialized team try to get suspects to crack. In addition to Criminal: UK, the series also brings us to Spain, France, and Germany without ever leaving the set. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "CRIMI...
The Thing About Pam and Hit Man
September 30, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBFirst off is a look at iHeartRadio's "Hit Man." The podcast follows the stories of the hit men - one who used music and one who used a gun - as well as a discussion about whether a book providing a step-by-step guide to getting away with murder is speech that ought to be protected. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "HIT MAN" BEGINS IN THE 24th MINUTE. Moving on...in "The Thing About Pam" from Dateline, police zone in on Russ Feria for his wife's murder, pointed there by co-worker Pam Hupp. It’s n...
The Thing About Pam and Hit Man
September 30, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBFirst off is a look at iHeartRadio's "Hit Man." The podcast follows the stories of the hit men - one who used music and one who used a gun - as well as a discussion about whether a book providing a step-by-step guide to getting away with murder is speech that ought to be protected. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "HIT MAN" BEGINS IN THE 24th MINUTE. Moving on...in "The Thing About Pam" from Dateline, police zone in on Russ Feria for his wife's murder, pointed there by co-worker Pam Hupp. It’s no...
Unbelievable on Netflix is, well, unbelievable
September 23, 2019 10:06 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWe're got a true crime podcast update from the team at "In the Dark." Also, Kevin will be doing a walkathon in high-heel shoes. Netflix’s buzzed-about new series “Unbelievable” is a dramatic take on the true story of a serial rapist who escaped detection for years. The show follows two narrative timelines. The first focuses on a teenage victim who falsely recanted her story under pressure from investigators. The second thread takes place three years later and follows a pair of female detec...