True crime podcast and documentary reviews, interrogation analysis, and concise guides to the cases and stories worth your time.
Kendall Rae's 40-minute documentary on the 2011 murder of Lauren Astley — the breakup-violence case, Nathaniel Fujita's trial, and the Memorial Fund her parents founded to warn teens. Our review.
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Rob Gavagan revisits the 1992 disappearance of three women from a Springfield, Missouri home — no struggle, no forced entry, and no answers for more than three decades. Our review.
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Matt Orchard’s 58-minute documentary on the 1957 Maria Ridulph abduction — the 2012 conviction of Jack McCullough, and the phone records that undid it. Our review.
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The Why Files’ 22-minute Circleville Letters episode: over 1,000 anonymous threats sent over nearly two decades, a suspicious death, and a conviction that answered nothing. Our review.
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Biographics’ 18-minute Ted Bundy biography traces the charming law student’s path from the 1974 Pacific Northwest disappearances through two prison escapes to the electric chair in 1989. Our review.
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Truly Criminal’s 51-minute documentary on the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano — the random Queens park attack, the six-month hunt, and the DNA evidence that convicted Chanel Lewis.
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