If you like Boston Accents, 90s nostalgia, and true crime—This is a Robbery on Netflix is for you. Produced by Colin and Nick Barnicle, it’s a breezy four episodes with great characters, interviews, surprisingly high production value re-creations, and archive footage. The Heist The series is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. When, in… Continue reading Stolen Rembrandts — This Is A Robbery on Netflix
Category: True Crime
Murder by Gaslight
The Victorian Era Murder Mystery or Murder by Gaslight genre has its roots in the pulp rags of the Gilded Age when Penny Dreadfuls were all the rage. It was of course, during this time that Jack the Ripper preyed on the women of Whitechapel and the wealth disparity was ripe for corruption and desperation.… Continue reading Murder by Gaslight
Con Artists, Swindlers, Grifters, and Cheats
There’s something about confidence men and women that interest me. I think it’s the fact that I want to learn as much about the subject as possible so I don’t get screwed over by a real life conman. Whenever my family would go to New York I wanted to buy a fake Rolex, I think… Continue reading Con Artists, Swindlers, Grifters, and Cheats
True Crime Podcasts We’re Into
True Crime anything is very popular right now, and no medium is more saturated with it than podcasts. Five years ago when Sarah Koenig came out with Serial, it really kickstarted True Crime flood of entertainment. Afterwards, Making a Murderer and The Jinx came into play and now we have a True Crime renaissance. There’s… Continue reading True Crime Podcasts We’re Into
The Black Dahlia’s Last Call
The gruesome and abrupt end to Elizabeth Short’s life is as famous now as it was immediately after the discovery of her body on January 15, 1947 in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. There’s a million theories about whether or not her killer was also the Cleveland Torso Murderer or even The Zodiac. We’re not… Continue reading The Black Dahlia’s Last Call