The real crime podcast, Small Town Dicks, takes listeners through a disturbing new crime each week. The announcers of the show are identical twins Dan and Dave, both of whom are veteran detectives, and Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson. They are bringing major crimes to light that happen...
In this podcast spotlight, I would like to recommend my current favorite podcast, Culpable. I got the recommendation to start listening to it from Georgia Hardstark, who suggested it on her podcast, My Favorite Murder (MFM). Like MFM, Culpable is part of the highly popular genre of the true-crime podcast. Unlike MFM, Culpable is not a podcast that covers...
Welcome to another Q&A article of our Nerds and Beyond Book Club series! This month, we read Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen. We had our Book Club answer some questions after reading! Here’s what they said: What were your expectations before reading this book versus your reaction after...
Welcome to the second part of our true crime series! You can catch up with the series here. Today we would like to introduce some of our favorite podcasts dealing with true crime, but we wanted to make sure you get some fresh names and insights. So while we’re all...
Welcome to our new True Crime Series here at Nerds And Beyond! While an obsession with true crime isn’t necessarily a new thing, we have definitely seen an increase in interest since the success of the pioneering podcast Serial — which started a true crime renaissance — as well as...
Paul Holes, the detective who worked on the Golden State Killer case and co-host of The Murder Squad podcast with Billy Jensen, is joining Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa Simpson), and anonymous detectives Dan and Dave on this week’s episode of Small Town Dicks. The podcast examines big crimes...
Attention murderinos and fellow true crime friends! Barnes & Noble and true crime writer and investigator Billy Jensen are teaming up for a fun interactive event called Crack The Case. The event starts October 10, with a special episode of The Murder Squad, where details of a real crime from...
Welcome to our interactive Nerds and Beyond book club series! This month, I wanted to delve into the true crime genre, as it’s one of my favorite interests. Our October book club pick is Billy Jensen’s newest book, Chase Darkness with Me. This book is one of my absolute favorites...
It’s 1998. We see a young Malcolm and his father, who’s leaning in to impress upon the boy that “you’re my son, and I love you. Because we’re the same.” The boy says nothing as his father is yanked away by police in a hail of flashbulbs, and it is...
Paul Holes, who most true crime fans know as the investigator who helped solve the famous Golden State Killer case, will be hosting his own TV show on Oxygen starting in October this year. Holes not only contributed to the actual investigation of the Golden State Killer case, but he...