The Docket 10.19.23 Fairstein vs. Everybody

Linda Fairstein’s lawsuit regarding her portrayal in When They See Us is moving forward; will it have a chilling effect on true-crime properties? We’re talking about what that might look like, plus Fairstein’s twentieth-century reputation; whether we’ll see an increase in olde-timey-crime coverage; finding new niches for predatory attorneys; why Karla Homolka keeps coming up; and the preoccupations of the Xenu Inc. legal department. Sign this meaningless waiver and have a listen!

show notes

• the Best Evidence RSS feed

• NYT on Fairstein’s suit

• Did Fairstein refuse to work with WTSU producers?

• Rolling Stone on The Preppy Murder’s portrayal of Fairstein

• Fairstein in VF back in the day

• VF on Patricia Cornwell’s “dark” private life

• The Exhibit B. “(allegedly)” tee

• Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands on Apple Podcasts

• SDB’s Reversal of Fortune review

• Law & Order S10.E15, “Fools For Love”

• EB on McKamey Manor

• “The Top 50 Worst True Crime Movies Of All Time”

• SDB on Alpha Dog

• Alec Baldwin set to be “re-charged” in Rust shooting

• Armond White on how Foxcatcher “promotes gay pathology” for Out

• RIP Janet Malcolm

• Dan Ariely was in the Theranos doc, of all things

• …but The New Yorker won’t be pulling their punches

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