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The 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 Twitter @crimewriterson. Find us on Facebook facebook.com/crimewritersonpodcast. Email the show at [email protected] by Benjamin Frisch

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09.28.2023

The Netflix documentary “Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America” looks into the cover-up behind the largest sex abuse case in history.

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09.28.2023 Scouts Honor The Netflix documentary “Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America” looks into the cover-up behind the largest sex abuse case in history.
09.25.2023 Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting In “Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting,” host Jennifer Portman recounts the two decades-long investigation and her own reporting on whether Mike Williams’s wife and best friend were involved in his disappearance.
09.21.2023 Dear Alana, “Dear Alana,”traces the life of a young woman looking for acceptance in the Church by denying the truest part of herself. It’s also the host's self-study on the price of balancing the love of God with the love for oneself.
09.18.2023 BS High The HBO Originals documentary “BS High” tells the story of the scam around a fake school and its gridiron team, as well as the conman-turned-coach.
09.14.2023 The Girlfriends The podcast “The Girlfriends” describes the sisterhood formed among a mercurial doctor's suspicious former lovers and how police used their knowledge to solve a cold case.
09.11.2023 Telemarketers The HBO Originals “Telemarketers” follows two ne'er-do-wells’ quixotic attempts to shake up a dubious billion dollar industry.
09.07.2023 CWO Classic: Wild Wild Country We'll return to our March 28, 2018 review of Netflix's "Wild Wild Country."
09.04.2023 Fiasco: Vigilante “Fiasco: Vigilante” features interviews with witnesses, reporters, lawyers, and victims’ family members all touched by the infamous Bernie Goetz case. It also recounts the external factors that shaped public attitudes about the shooting that turned Goetz from populous hero to ...
08.31.2023 CWO Classic: Abducted in Plain Sight We'll revisit our January 28, 2019 review of the unforgettable true crime documentary "Abducted in Plain Sight."
08.28.2023 Demons & Saviors The Hulu series “Demons & Saviors” digs into Christina Boyer’s paranormal origin story, the circumstances around her daughter's death, and the effort to win her release. What role did her supernatural fame play in her prosecution?
08.24.2023 CWO Classic: Accused season 2 On this CWO Classic, we revisit our October 20, 2017 split-decision review of Accused season 2.
08.21.2023 Stephenville “Stephenville” from Texas Monthly revisits the Woods case. Host Bryan Burrough sheds light on the effects of the crime on a small town and how it did wrong by the outsiders caught up in the case. He also explores the ...
08.17.2023 CWO Classic: Catch and Kill On this CWO Classic, we revisit the panel's December 16, 2019 review of Ronan Farrow's "Catch and Kill."
08.14.2023 Last Call The HBO Original series “Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York” recounts the crime spree that shook the community. The series also dives into the lives of the victims, the challenges for investigators, and the cultural issues ...
08.10.2023 CWO Classic: Missing Richard Simmons On this CWO Classic, we revisit our February 24, 2017 review of "Missing Richard Simmons," the first of six episodes dedicated to the groundbreaking podcast series.
08.07.2023 Where is Baby Gabriel? No one has seen Gabriel Johnson since 2009, when his mother took the eight month old from her home in Arizona to Texas. In the middle of a custody dispute with her ex, Elizabeth Johnson told him she smothered the ...
08.03.2023 CWO Classic: Beware the Slenderman On this CWO Classic, we revisit of February 3, 2017 review of the scary, provocative HBO documentary, "Beware the Slenderman."
07.31.2023 The Retrievals From Serial Productions comes “The Retrievals.” Host Susan Burton tells the story of the patients whose pain was ignored, the nurse who stole their medicine and watched them suffer, and the institution that failed them all.
07.27.2023 CWO Classic: Crimetown On this CWO Classic, we look back at our December 9, 2016 review of "Crimetown."
07.24.2023 Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark An Indianapolis man is convicted in a street shooting he didn’t commit. His defense team and a podcaster join forces to prove his innocence. We’ll talk about season three of Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark.
07.20.2023 CWO Classic: Lost Girls On this CWO Classic from March 23, 2020, the group gets into Netflix's "Lost Girls."
07.17.2023 Dark Valley In the 70s and 80s a serial killer roamed the Connecticut River Valley. Now his only surviving victim joins a journalist to solve the cold case. We’ll review the new podcast “Dark Valley.”
07.10.2023 Shiny Happy People America was fascinated with the lives of the Duggars, a devout Christian family with 19 children and their own reality TV show. But the family had secrets.
07.03.2023 Jared from Subway Jared Fogle became the pitchman for Subway after his unconventional sandwich diet helped him lose 245 pounds. While on a promotional tour, Fogle shocked a local radio host with a sexual comment about children. Rochelle Herman began taping their phone ...
06.29.2023 Smoke Screen: Just Say You're Sorry When a Texas Ranger asked Larry Driskill if he could help solve a cold case, he agreed to talk to him. But Ranger James Holland accused him of killing Bobbie Sue Hill in 2005. After two days of intense interrogation, ...
06.26.2023 How to Create a Sex Scandal While touring a building that had been a defunct swingers club, Margie Cantrell’s foster children said they’d been there before. As Margie helped police with questioning, the children said adults made them dance and have sex with each other. Seven ...
06.22.2023 Under Cover of Knight After Sue Knight’s body was found in her home, a past acquaintance was stunned she named him executor of her estate. While Steve Barksdale was settling her affairs, the Texas man received a mysterious phone call from the CIA. The ...
06.19.2023 The Curious Case of Natalia Grace Michael and Kristine Barnett thought they were adopting a six-year-old little person with a disability from Ukraine. But Natalia had the physical traits of an adult, including pubic hair and a period. Soon the family lived in fear as the ...
06.15.2023 Blind Plea In 2017, Deven Grey claimed self-defense when she shot and killed her abusive partner in a remote trailer in rural Alabama. Instead of freedom, she was handed a “blind plea” – an option to take an unknown sentence in exchange ...
06.12.2023 Burden of Proof In 1987, Jennifer Pandos vanished from her Virginia home after a quarrel with her father. Her mother discovered a suspicious note from someone claiming Jennifer had willingly left with her, though she never returned. After odd behavior, flunked polygraphs, and ...
06.08.2023 Scamanda Amanda Riley was known as a loving stepmother, devoted church member and an inspiration to an online community that followed her cancer journey. Her upbeat attitude in the face of a terminal diagnosis won her emotional and financial support from ...
06.05.2023 Reality On June 3, 2017, two FBI agents arrived at the home of Reality Winner, an Arabic language translator with a top secret security clearance. While a team executed a search warrant, the pair gently quizzed the 25-year-old about documents she ...
06.01.2023 Victim/Suspect Emma Mannion told police she was raped in a car by a fellow University of Alabama student. When investigators said her story wasn’t credible, she reluctantly recanted her claim. That’s when cops arrested and prosecuted her for filing a false ...
05.29.2023 Yellowjackets Season 2 Teenage Shauna and her stranded soccer teammates face death during the brutal winter after their plane crash in the wilderness. As the birth of Shauna’s baby approaches, the Yellowjackets are desperate for food. Meanwhile, Lottie emerges as a spiritual leader, ...
05.25.2023 Love and Death Candy Montgomery seems to have it all: loving husband, adorable kids…and friends from church like Betty Gore. But to fight the mundanity of suburban life, Candy propositions Betty’s husband, Allen. After the affair runs its course, Candy and her husband ...
05.22.2023 Brokers, Bagmen, & Moles In the 1980s, brokers at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were not Ivy League financial-types. They were mostly blue-collar workers with on-the-job training in commodities exchanges. And they were making more money than most knew what to do with. All that ...
05.18.2023 Think Twice: Michael Jackson Just as his commercial success began to wane, Michael Jackson faced career-ending criminal charges he molested a child - not the first time such allegations surfaced. It was the most serious item on the list of problematic conduct and idiosyncratic ...
05.15.2023 Jury Duty, plus a Bone Valley update In a bonus episode of “Bone Valley,” Gilbert King and Kelsey Decker examine the board’s nuanced ruling and talk to Leo about what lies ahead. Moving on: Documentarians are granted unfettered access to a civil trial and the deliberations of ...
05.11.2023 Catching Lightning In 2006, a group of armed and masked men used kidnapping and precision to enter a money counting center, making off with £53 million in cash. The media buzzed over who was behind the largest heist in history. The trail ...
05.08.2023 The Diplomat Career staffer Kate Wyler gets a surprise appointment to be US ambassador to the UK during a moment of crisis. A sneak attack on a British ship has left dozens of sailors dead, but Kate is unconvinced Iran is behind ...
05.04.2023 The 12th Victim In 1958, the nation was horrified by a random murder spree across the Midwest by teenager Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. Authorities said Starkweather was responsible for 11 deaths - including those of Fugate’s parents and sister ...
05.01.2023 Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children A hundred years ago, Alabama took over a reform school that served Black children who were "wayward" or broke the law. But survivors say the facility at Mount Meigs was run more like a slave plantation, complete with forced labor ...
04.27.2023 Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch For twenty years journalist Larrison Campbell has been haunted by the murder of her grandmother in her Mississippi home. Known affectionately as “Presh,” the victim was found bludgeoned in her parlor, a towel over her face, and her purse dumped ...
04.24.2023 Perry Mason Season 2 After a self-imposed exile, Perry Mason returns to criminal defense work, charged with defending two young Mexican men accused of murdering the son of a powerful businessman in 1930s Los Angeles. With the help of sidekicks Della Street and Paul ...
04.20.2023 Overlooked Lamonte McIntyre was imprisoned for a 1994 murder he didn’t commit, based largely on evidence provided by detective Roger Golubski. After his exoneration, attention in Kansas City, Kansas turned to the retired cop with a reputation for racism and corruption. ...
04.17.2023 CSI on Trial Juries often take as gospel forensics based on expert opinions and not peer-reviewed findings. There’s now a growing scrutiny of techniques like blood spatter, footwear analysis, bite marks, and arson detection - long accepted as reliable, yet responsible for many ...
04.13.2023 Murder in Big Horn A teenager found in a field, another in a yard, another near a highway rest stop. They were the latest in the long line of deaths of Native women from Montana’s Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. Despite their suspicious nature, ...
04.10.2023 Admissible: Shreds of Evidence Wrongful conviction lawyers looking for pre-DNA era evidence to test found a trove of samples where they shouldn’t have been: taped to a lab technician’s paperwork. That material would exonerate 13 men in Virginia. Advocates praised forensic scientist Mary Jane ...
04.06.2023 Navalny Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny emerged as Vladimir Putin’s strongest rival for the presidency. But while on a flight to Moscow, Navalny became gravely ill. After getting treatment in Germany, it was determined he’d been poisoned with a nerve agent ...
04.03.2023 The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman The 2017 murders of Canadian pharmaceutical executive Barry Sherman and his wife Honey shook the nation. The Sherman’s were seen as pillars of Toronto’s Jewish community. But the billionaire CEO also had a reputation for being a savage businessman, even ...

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