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Offbeat: On True Crime Cranks

EPISODE · Sep 14, 2023 · 31 MIN

Offbeat: On True Crime Cranks

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Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it influences how we all think about real-life crimes.Today on The Murder Sheet, we'll be talking about the deluge of cranks who seem to flock to every major true crime story.Our conversation with Michael Arntfield where he shared the plane anecdote: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/c51f3f44-5b07-4fc7-9095-b85badd46d07Our conversation with Radley Balko where he discussed problematic expert witnesses: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/f10600ae-ee1e-4b54-8238-a3f5395ce496Send tips to [email protected] Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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