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 ...

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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.