Crime Writers On...True Crime Review

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The original true crime review podcast that looks at other podcasts, TV, and pop culture. True crime authors and real-life couple Rebecca Lavoie and Kevin Flynn hold a pop-culture round table with noir novelist Toby Ball and journalist-turned-investigator Lara Bricker. The panel chats about other podcasts (including 'Serial') as well as journalism, storytelling, TV shows and films, and the special segment, 'Crime of the Week.' Show website: crimewriterson.com. Follow the show on X @crimewriterson. Find us on Facebook facebook.com/crimewritersonpodcast. Email the show at [email protected].

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The Truth vs. Alex Jones

Apr 18 2024 45 mins

He said the murders of their children were a hoax. The parents of those slain at Sandy Hook ask a court to finally hold him accountable for his lies. We’ll discuss the HBO Original “The Truth vs. Alex Jones.”

Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater

Apr 15 2024 41 mins

Two high-profile disappearances put the spotlight on missing indigenous women in the Navajo Nation. Connie Walker is back with a new investigation in the Spotify Original podcast “Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater.”

Murder 101

Apr 11 2024 44 mins

Did a high school class project about some local cold cases lead to the identification of a serial killer? We’ll talk about the podcast “Murder 101.”

Death and Other Details

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A murder on an ocean liner. A ship full of rich suspects with secrets to hide. Is the crime connected to the world’s greatest detective and the old case he could never solve? We’ll review the Hulu mysteries series “Death and Other Details.”

CWO Classic: Slow Burn

Apr 04 2024 31 mins

It was the scandal that took down a President…but it didn’t happen all at once. We’ll revisit our 2017 review of the classic podcast “Slow Burn.”

Beyond All Repair

Apr 01 2024 47 mins

A man says his sister was accused of killing her mother-in-law, but did his brother set her up to take the fall? Host Amory Sivertson searches for the truth in the podcast “Beyond All Repair” from WBUR.

CWO Classic: Gladiator

Mar 28 2024 27 mins

We'll revisit our 2018 review of Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

Dissident at the Doorstep

Mar 25 2024 45 mins

He went from being a celebrated human rights activist shining a light on oppression in China to being in Washington on January 6th. How did he get there? We’ll discuss the podcast “Dissident at the Doorstep” from Crooked Media.

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Mar 21 2024 45 mins

Did a Columbian drug lord buy off an entire North Carolina town to get cocaine into the United States? A journalist and a famous actor explore that story in the podcast “Varnamtown.”

The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping

Mar 18 2024 51 mins

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