The long days are starting to slip away, the air’s a little cooler in the mornings, and the collective mood is shifting back toward school, work, and routine. We’re in that hazy in-between stretch, not quite ready to let summer go but eyeing what’s next. Perfect Weirdies territory, really. So while you’re adjusting to earlier alarms and fuller calendars, here is some good ol’ content to carry you through the transition.
What We Wrote
For paid subscribers, the fifth instalment in
’s Commonwealth v. Russ. We continue to venture through 1800’s Boston, and the lives and times of those connected to this locked room mystery. Next week, it’ll drop in inboxes for all subscribers.For all subscribers this week, A Free OSINT Lesson: Being a Defense Attorney is Hard from
. Corrupted .AV files, archaic legal doctrines—public defenders face discovery dumps clogged with formats no one supports anymore. MJ unpacks a recent case where the decisive break came from locating an old decoder hidden in the appendix of a PDF.What Justin Recommends
Podcast: How Public Defenders Can Make It Easier to Win More Courtroom Arguments - Public Defenseless Podcast. An in-depth discussion around the the notion of burden of proof. You will learn some extremely interesting concepts in law, and some ways the system is indeed skewed unfairly. The doctor has receipts, too.
Oklahoma woman seeks early release for murder of abuser under new domestic violence law - Brenna Rose for KTUL details the hearing that was held this week for April Wilkens, one of the women applying for sentencing relief under the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act. If you haven’t listened yet, the Panic Button podcast covers April’s heart-wrenching and harrowing story.
Book: Criminology Goes to the Movies by Nicole Rafter & Michelle Brown - If you love crime, and you love movies, and you want to read two smart people discuss the theory of crime using movies. Well holy shit. Guess what? This book is perfect for you and it was perfect for me. If you like reading our Substack, I am pretty sure you’ll jive with this one.
Movie: Sinister (2012) - I was gleeful to learn that a handful of friends hadn’t yet seen Sinister, and since we do watch horror together, and it was my night to pick that’s what we watched. Let’s just say that it’s scary enough I am apparently no longer permitted to pick movies1. Arguably Sinister and Ethan Hawke’s performance has stood in the top 5 of my scary-as-fuck movies since its release in 2012. So if you’re looking for some solid scares this weekend give Sinister a shot.
We’ll meet you here next week,
Your Bullshit Hunting Crew
This is bullshit. Truly. This movie-picking purgatory for what? Picking a good movie?! Pffffft.