The craft of true crime
How a Case Gets Told
Five different answers to the same problem: what do you owe a real case when you turn it into a series?
Modern · 5 stops · 3h 21m
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The reported serial — doubt kept on the page instead of resolved.
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The miniature: one story, one voice, no cliffhanger.
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The cold case as public appeal — journalism with a purpose attached.
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Documentary restraint: no host personality, only the file.
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The institutional failure story — the system as the antagonist.
