Up and Vanished

Published on 07 May 2016. Just when we were getting ready to see how Justin Ross Harris's trial in the baby-in-the-hot-car homicide would play out, a twist no one saw coming. This means an unexpected hiatus for the "Breakdown" podcast and questions about media influence on the justice system.

We get to know Dr. Elizabeth Yardley, a criminologist at Birmingham City University in England. She's studied how Serial fans used Reddit to interact with Hae's and Adnan's families, as well as look at the digital fingerprints criminals are leaving on social media. Plus, we talk about what British audiences like when it comes to crime drama.

We should have seeing the signs in the Crime of the Week. One NY mayor helped his village's street department out by taking home some "office supplies" from this day job.

Published on 13 Sep 2016. As Bob Young’s attorney noted, of all the evidence introduced in Beth’s murder trial, just one piece implicated his client.

But it was a big one: a confession.

In this episode of “Accused,” The Enquirer details the original investigation outlined in police records and trial transcripts, as well as the single exhibit that has some people in Oxford, Ohio, still convinced decades later that Young got away with murder.

Published on 23 Apr 2016. The crime writers respond to a listener's very British rant about the critical nature of endings in a good story, talk about what TV shows totally failed at the end, and settle a long-term marital dispute that's been tearing Kevin and Rebecca apart.

Plus, the Crime of the Week delves in to Australia's long national nightmare and reveals that there's a killer living with one of the panel! Watch out, Toby!!!

For a list of media picks links, visit our episode page at crimewriterson.com

Published on 30 Apr 2016. Kevin and Rebecca are joined by two very special guests to discuss Law & Order: "Original Recipe," AKA, the first series in the juggernaut franchise that's been on the air for nearly three decades.

The panel talks about what makes Law & Order so compelling, their favorite characters, the weird writing tropes of the Law & Order universe, and a lightning round that pits Jerry Orbach against Dennis Farina, and Jill Hennessy against Angie Harmon.

Episode links at CrimeWritersOn.com:

Meet our brand new special guest panelist Brady Carlson and read his book, Dead Presidents

Rebecca talked about a study that looked at views of law enforcement through the lens of Law & Order. Here's an article about that.

And, you can see Brady Carlson's Happy Birthday photo signed by Jerry Orbach,

Published on 19 Nov 2016. A Serial spinoff?! A verdict in the Breakdown / Justin Ross Harris case! Brendan Dassey can go home, and then he can't!

All great topics to talk about, right?

Sorry to say we're not going to get to any of those this week. That's because we pre-recorded this episode at the New England Crime Bake, a convention for crime & mystery writers, on Saturday. Who would have thought all this good stuff would happen after we wrapped?

("So you'll get to it next week, right guys? The week of Thanksgiving?" Well, about that...)

In this live recording, the podcasting crime writers tell a room of nonpodcasting crime writers about Lara's cat's chlamydia, how we got started writing, and answer some listener emails and tweets. (Kevin's a hater? Says who?)

Later, we pluck a writer from the crowd. We ask Maureen Milliken her about her work and boy, does she deliver!

And this week's Crime of the Week is awwwww-ful.

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Published on 08 Sep 2016. Three days after Christmas in 1978, Elizabeth Andes was one of the few students on Miami University’s Oxford campus. Most students were home for winter break, but Beth – a recent graduate – was in town packing up her apartment so she could move to Cincinnati for her first big job.

That day, she treated herself by buying a fancy pair of leather boots to celebrate her successes. But she never got to wear them.

Instead, her boyfriend, Bob Young, reported finding her lifeless body in the apartment they had shared during their last semester of college together.

Police and prosecutors considered the death an open-and-shut case, zeroing in immediately on Young. But Beth’s friends never thought things were quite so simple.

Through this podcast, The Enquirer will lay out its investigation into the cold case in hopes of finally figuring out who got it wrong nearly 40 years ago – police or the jury?

Published on 21 Dec 2016. What happened to the aquarium? Do you feel like coming to work every day? I’m going to stop you there, okay?Homecoming was created and written by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg; directed by Eli Horowitz; sound design, editing, and music by Mark Henry Phillips; produced by Alicia Van Couvering and Mark Henry Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein. Homecoming is a production of Gimlet Media. HEIDI BERGMAN -  Catherine KeenerWALTER CRUZ - Oscar IsaacCOLIN BELFAST - David SchwimmerAUDREY TEMPLE - Amy SedarisELLEN BERGMAN - Phyllis SomervilleTHOMAS CARRASCO - Aaron Serotsky The Homecoming After Show was made in conjunction with Apple iBooks. For a deeper dive into the story, and to see the books behind the series, go to apple.co/homecoming.

Published on 06 Jan 2017. When beautiful young heiress Georgette Bauerdorf was found dead in her luxurious Sunset Strip apartment, police assumed it was just a tragic accident. The housekeepers discovered her body submerged face down in the bathtub with the hot water tap still on. Her father in New York speculated her heart had failed, and she drowned in the bath water. But after a delay of thirty hours, the autopsy report told another story.

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Published on 20 Nov 2016. Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, a city where organized crime corrupted every aspect of public life. In the first episode of Crimetown, a young prosecutor named Buddy Cianci takes on a gruesome murder case. As the investigation heats up, Buddy goes head to head with the most notorious mob boss in the country—and launches a career that will change Providence forever.For credits and more information about this episode, visit crimetownshow.com.