The Blotter Presents is devoted to discussing (and/or despairing of) the best and worst of TV true crime: present-day shows, vintage gems, and everything in between. Hosted by Sarah D. Bunting.
Toby Ball and I discuss whether either of these takes on the 18th Amendment will slake your thirst for knowledge.
49 Min
Jun 20, 2018
Stephanie Green returns to lay the true-crime vanguard series to rest (as it were), plus the insane score of a 13th-season Forensic Files.
58 Min
Jun 13, 2018
Eve Batey returns for Joe Berlinger's new series on locking up the (possibly) wrong guy, plus an ID show about picking up the wrong guy (in this case, Herb Baumeister).
59 Min
Jun 6, 2018
ID's four-part miniseries on the hunt for a serial killer, and ITV's look at Victorian poisoneuse Mary Ann Cotton, made Dan Patrick Brady and Sarah D. Bunting a bit queasy.
First-time guest Rebecca Lavoie on 'the social-media case of the century,' and a show from the previous century that hasn't aged well.
Dan Patrick Brady on Oxygen's latest competent, but misnamed, Saturday series -- plus a scavenger hunt for his UM episode!
Two bank-robbery cases, no waiting: Toby Ball and Sarah D. Bunting on Erie's pizza-delivery heist and Seattle's string of 'Hollywood' bank robberies.
Kevin Smokler and Sarah D. Bunting are the last people to marathon and discuss Netflix's latest true-crime series on an Oregon cult (but is it?), plus Rob Lowe and tone problems in our Lifetime-movie Cold Case section!
Mariska Hargitay takes on the backlog of untested rape kits; Australian TV takes on the Mount Rennie case; and Eve Batey is back to take them both on.
On the eve of an update to the godfather of prestige true-crime TV, Stephanie Early Green and Sarah D. Bunting look at two takes on the trials of Michael Peterson.
Eve B. and Sarah D. on an OK Oxygen show starring Ice-T, plus three actors turned killers in the reboot of M&S.
J. Paul Getty III and Patty Hearst were kidnapped within a year of each other. Sarah D. Bunting kidnapped Toby Ball again to discuss FX's event series on the former, and the Smithsonian Channel's take on the latter.
Investigation Discovery on a horrifyingly prolific UNSUB, and Mike Dunn on Michelle McNamara's book on the same perpetrator: The Golden State Killer.
USA's limited series takes on Biggie and Tupac; a Starz docu takes on an Australian cult; Toby Ball and Sarah D. Bunting take on vague naming conventions.
Don't be fooled by the inappropriately cutesy name; Investigation Discovery's latest limited series is DARK. Chris and Allison Lowe Huff return to discuss that show, plus a multi-platform New York story.
Occupants of a non-plural marriage Sarah D. Bunting and Dan Patrick Brady on A&E's latest cult investigation, and other Mormon-related crime properties.
Updates on two cases from the early 1980s, Natalie Wood and Joyce McLain, as Dan Patrick Brady returns to the podcast.
Eve Batey returns to look at Showtime's documentary miniseries on the opioid crisis, plus Mythbusters and Secrets Of The Dead recreate the escape from Alcatraz.
As the anniversary of the Mt. Carmel tragedy draws near, Toby Ball returns to discuss two takes on it, plus a vintage docu with scary parallels.
Kevin Smokler and Sarah D. Bunting on what some true-crime shows need women -- and murder victims -- to 'be.'
Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting on the unknowable Andrew Cunanan...and Chad Boushell on trying not to blink.
Oxygen's new investigation series questions one mom's conviction; AB Chao and Sarah D. Bunting question another mom's diagnosis.
Dan Patrick Brady and I point out a few issues with two New Year's Day offerings from Investigation Discovery.
The top ten movies AND series in the genre for the year, with an assist from the listeners!
Crime Writers On's Kevin Flynn on a surprisingly good documentary, and an unintentionally amusing Canadian crime show.
But the REAL crime is the vandalism of a guest's internet connection: Sarah D. Bunting's going solo for an all-Felicity look at the Jeffrey MacDonald and Butch Pratt cases.
First-time guest Stephanie Cangro digs into a Thanksgiving murder, and yet another take on the demise of Dave Schultz.
The story that made, then destroyed, Truman Capote -- and the trials of the man who played Perry Smith -- as Mark Blankenship returns to the pod.
Sarah D. Bunting and Eve Batey wonder whether a supercomputer, a smoker, and some circumstantial evidence is enough to crack a 50-year-old case.
As The Menendez Murders comes to a close, Tara and Sarah render their verdicts on the finale's accidental insights, and the season as a whole.
Smash-ologists Tara Ariano, Kevin O'Keeffe, and Adam Grosswirth play judge and jury for a Lifetime movie and the next great crime-story musical!
The jury puts the 'deliberate' back in 'deliberations,' and the Harry Hamlinassaince continues, on Law & Order: True Crime.
Dan Patrick Brady is back to discuss the season premiere and the show's 'talent' for asking stupidly obvious questions, plus 48 Hours on a wrongful conviction.
Lyle and Erik finally reveal what made them fear for their lives on Law & Order True Crime; Tara and Sarah disagree on whether the show should have chosen a side.
The trial is underway on Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, but Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting have objections.
Sarah D. Bunting and AB Chao go back to the '70s with the beginning of the FBI's profiling program, and a series of unsolved murders in Texas.
Leslie and Jill dig into Lyle and Erik's sexual abuse claims in E04; Sarah and Tara break it down!
Alan Sepinwall on Dick Wolf's latest unscripted crime show, plus choosing which crime producer should tackle legendary cases.
As the defense team starts gathering ammunition, a revelation from Erik may change the game. Sarah and Tara have your verdict on E03!
Stephanie Early Green is back to discuss one of the internet's most enduring, and annoying, Reddit herrings -- plus a legendarily dumb episode name for a pretty good 48 HRS.
Sarah and Tara discuss what worked (trail mix) and what didn't (wigs) in E02 of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders as we debut The Blotter Presents: Summary Judgment.
Tara Ariano returns to discuss the most prestigious take yet on the Menendez case, plus a disgraced Canadian airman. CHUNG CHUNG!
Mark Blankenship is back to discuss Yance Ford's formal and personal Strong Island, plus American Masters and Mysteries & Scandals on Sam Cooke.
Netflix's new series chills Sarah D. Bunting and AB Chao with stories of false confessions, plus a surprisingly competent look at the Gary Plauche case from Investigation Discovery.
Legends of hip-hop and the Italian Renaissance as Mark Blankenship joins us for an all-music episode!
Will Dave Holloway get the answers he's searched for for so long? And what exactly <em>was</em> wrong with Charlie Brandt? Allison Lowe Huff returns to look at mysteries within mysteries.
Kim Reed and Sarah D. Bunting discuss A&E's event series, plus a Forensic Files in Kim's backyard (figuratively).
Eve Batey's back for two takes on the original Zodiac, one on the NYC copycat, and a whole lotta side-eyeing of questioned-document 'science.'
Lani Diane Rich and Sarah D. Bunting examine three Son Of Sam-related properties, and the struggle to control a narrative.
Monty Ashley and Sarah D. Bunting on two Joe Berlinger projects, serial-killer theories, and network-note narration.
Dan Patrick Brady 'returns' (to his...own couch? just go with it) to render a verdict on two perspectives on the system.
Crime Writers On's Toby Ball returns to discuss two (pretty awful) takes on America's first serial killer.
Chris Huff and Sarah D. Bunting on Deadly Women, and a Designing Women star as America's most notorious female serial killer.
Eve Batey returns to discuss the American Experience AND the Powers-Boothe-miniseries takes on the tragedy in Guyana.
Alex Collins joins Sarah D. Bunting for a riot grrrrl, Bill Kurtis, and two VERY unhappy families.
Kim Reed joins Sarah D. Bunting to discuss Cos, podcasts, and a Southern Tier case that hits <em>very</em> close to home.
Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting on recovered memories in Baltimore and a provincial narcissist in Saskatchewan.
Stephanie Green returns to discuss HBO's take on the Blanchard/Munchausen's-by-proxy case, plus Australia's most lethal Bunting.
Kevin Smokler and Sarah D. Bunting talk about a not-so-hot take on Boulder's most notorious cold case, plus the granddaddy of TV true crime.
Dick Wolf's back in the non-fiction space with a look at the Fibbies' New York office -- and Dan Patrick Brady's here to discuss it, plus stupid underage-drinking tricks! Chung chung!
TV's got tons of content looking back at the L.A. riots in 1992; John Ramos joined Sarah D. Bunting for a closer look at two documentaries.
Toby Ball from the Crime Writers On podcast on 'the most hated woman in America,' plus a look back at true-crime docu classic Paradise Lost.
Allison Lowe Huff on NCAA mayhem, plus a look at the birth of the Natalee Holloway industry via <em>48 Hours</em>.
Leah Kwan on a better-than-usual ID joint, and a classic true-crime miniseries.
Eve Batey joins Sarah D. Bunting for a discussion of Spike's prestige true-crime series.
It's Bill Kurtis vs. Danny Glover when Stephanie Green joins us for the inaugural episode!
