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Missing White Woman Syndrome in True Crime

There is a moment most of us recognize if we have spent any time with the genre. A missing person case breaks, and within hours it is everywhere: wall-to-wall cable coverage, push alerts, social media speculation, podcast emergency episodes. The victim’s face becomes a kind of public property,...

About Chloe Vance

Hi, I’m Chloe Vance. Welcome to Case Radio , where I cover true crime entertainment with equal parts curiosity and care. I’m a journalist and researcher focused on criminal justice stories and the media that tells them. I built my work around a simple belief: the people inside case files deserve...

Ethical Armchair Sleuthing

There is a version of armchair sleuthing that looks like curiosity with a conscience. It is slow, careful, and humble about what we cannot know from our couches. And then there is the other version: the dopamine chase that turns real people into plot devices, treats rumor as evidence, and...

Serial Season 1 vs. Your Own Backyard

There is a before-and-after moment in modern true crime audio, and it has a voice. In 2014, Serial Season 1 made investigative reporting feel intimate, addictive, and weekly, like you were texting a friend who just found one more weird detail in the case file. Five years later, Your Own Backyard...

FOIA and Court Records: How Podcasters Uncover Hidden Evidence

There is a certain moment in every deep-dive case when the internet runs out of road. The articles start quoting each other. The timelines get fuzzy. The “sources” turn into screenshots of screenshots. And if you are a true crime podcaster who actually wants to know what happened, not just repeat...