In this very special episode, we solve the Karen Read case! JK. We actually talk about what the obsession with this murder says about Boston, its suburban small towns, local media, law enforcement, and true crime. Offering her expertise is writer Susan Zalkind, author of The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy and contributor to VICE, The Daily Beast, The Guardian U.S., The Irish Times, This American Life, and Boston Magazine.

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Exciting Whites.

Kim Costa and the Kelly's Roast Beef rap.

The one New Yorker feature I read on Karen Read, written by the incredible Jessica Winter.

My favorite "true crime" writing: Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West To Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself   

Dave Cullen's Colombine will change the way you digest every public act of violence.

Here is Susan on what Karen Read's case says about the state's homicide investigations

And here she is on NBC News.

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