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A British DJ spent years in an online romance with a man she never met - but who was he? The podcast "Sweet Bobby" from Tortoise Media explores a complicated catfishing scheme and the motivations behind it. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "SWEET BOBBY" GO TO THE 34th MINUTE. Collins Street Bakery was the most successful fruitcake baker in the world. So why was the company losing millions of dollars? "Fruitcake Fraud" from Discovery+ digs into a holiday-themed white collar crime. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "FRUITCAKE FRAUD" GO TO THE 61st MINUTE. In Crime of the Week: psy-cat-pathic.Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

13 Joulu 20211h 6min

Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt were two seniors who helped the homeless in Los Angeles, but authorities became suspicious of their philanthropy after one of the men had been run over in an alley. Host Keith Morrison brings his unique style of self-aware cheesiness to “The Thing About Helen & Olga,” mined from the archives of Dateline NBC. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE THING ABOUT HELEN & OLGA" GO TO MINUTE 27:26 A collaboration between street toughs and a pop artist created Von Dutch, a clothing brand of rough denim, tight t-shirts, and trucker hats. As new business-savvy managers worked to force out the streetwise founders, bad feelings emerged. Hulu's three part "The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For" shows in the world of high-priced fashion, things can get cutthroat. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE CURSE OF VON DUTCH" GO TO MINUTE 1:03:00 In Crime of the Week: I'll be home for Christmas. Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

6 Joulu 20211h 13min

In this week's CWO Classic rewind: a look back at the Sept 29, 2017 review of the Netflix comedy "American Vandal."The unexpectedly savvy satire of everything we love about true crime. "American Vandal" may start as a lowbrow take-off on "Serial" or "Making a Murder," but the comedy is surprisingly meta, embracing all tropes of the podcasts and documentaries which have become ubiquitous. In the end, we still want to know, "Who drew the dicks?"  For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

29 Marras 202124min

In True Crime Update: the latest on the murder of the rape defendant from "Carrie Low VS." In 2017 Nikki Addimando shot her partner after a violent confrontation. Officials viewed her years of abuse not as a self-defense justification, but as her plan to commit murder. In Lemonada's podcast “Believe Her” host Justine van der Leun sheds light on a part of our justice system in which survival is criminalized. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "BELIEVE HER" GO TO MINUTE 34:30 A man seeks out a psychiatrist to help him with his life...so the doctor takes over every aspect of it. Will Farrell and Paul Rudd star in the dramedy “The Shrink Next Door,” adapted by Apple TV+ from the hit podcast. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR" GO TO MINUTE 1:06:00 In Crime of the Week: all you can't eat.Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

22 Marras 20211h 12min

The panel starts with a True Crime Update about those remains found in the NH mountains that are not connected to a famous cold case. In 2003, police in Seoul were stumped by a serial killer who targeted elderly wealthy victims in their homes, then pivoted to dismembering sex workers. In the Netflix documentary “The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea,” detectives, profilers, and crime techs recall the case that shocked a nation which believed serial killers were limited to the West. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE RAINCOAT KILLER" GO TO MINUTE 29:30 After being drugged and raped, Carrie Low sought help from police in Halifax, but officers failed to retrieve evidence, examine the crime scene, or follow many of their own procedures. She believed police had not just bungled her case; she suspected they were willfully ignoring it. The CBC podcast “Carrie Low VS” follows her search for justice against her assailants and the police department. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "CARRIE LOW VS" GO TO MINUTE 1:09:30 In Crime of the Week: tracks of my tears. Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

15 Marras 20211h 18min

In the podcast "American Vigilante" a British journalist interviews a mercenary who travels the world to rescue children, capture fugitives, and avenge the innocent. But are his testosterone-fueled tales true? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "AMERICAN VIGILANTE" GO TO MINUTE 27:55 Using DNA tests, three girls adopted from China learn they're cousins. In "Found" from Netflix, they enlist the help of a Beijing researcher to find the birth parents who abandoned them because of the country's one-child Policy. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "FOUND" GO TO MINUTE 1:02:00 In Crime of the Week: the fish are biting. Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

8 Marras 20211h 10min

In 2008, high school football star Billey Joe Johnson was pulled over for speeding in Lucedale, Mississippi. Moments later, the officer radioed that the Black teen had killed himself with a shotgun. “Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe” is an eight-part series of PRX's "Reveal" podcast. Host Al Letson pokes at the conclusion the teen’s death was an accident. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "MISSISSIPPI GODDAM" GO TO MINUTE 27. The sudden death in 2009 of a rising star shocked Hollywood. The HBO Max two-part series “What Happened, Brittney Murphy?” recalls the actor’s Hollywood climb and subsequent fatal backslide during her marriage to a gold-digging Svengali. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTNEY MURPHY?" GO TO MINUTE 61. In Crime of the Week: Don't be cruel.Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1 Marras 20211h 6min

In season 3 of "Dr. Death," a news producer falls in love with a surgeon on the cutting edge of regenerative medicine. But dogged by questions about his research and his promises of a romantic life together, his con soon unravels. FOR OUR SPOILER FREE REVIEWS OF "DR. DEATH: MEDICINE MAN," GO TO 30:00 In "Wild Crime," National Park Service investigators look at the death of a woman who plunged from a mountain side. Did Toni Henthorn fall...or was she pushed by her husband, Harold? FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "WILD CRIME," GO TO 1:01:52 In Crime of the Week: seeing Red (number 3).Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

25 Loka 20211h 7min