How to describe Miles Hargrove's documentary about his father's kidnapping by FARC guerrillas in 1994 -- a kidnap memoir? Found footage meets ransom procedural? It's all of that, and it's unique in the genre; my guest Jeb Lund and I don't know when you'll be able to watch it, but if it comes to VOD or Independent Lens, Jeb and I agree that you should check it out.

We're less of a mind about Netflix's exploration of questionable forensics disciplines from last year, Exhibit A. I liked it for the sugar-free talking-head interviews and the snarky structuring of the episodes; Jeb wished Netflix had a 1.5-speed setting while he was watching it. But we agree on this: 1) Dexter shouldn't be anyone's favorite show, and 2) you should listen to The Blotter Presents, Episode 148. 


SHOW NOTES


Miracle Fishing's website


"Adventures In The Ransom Trade" by William Prochnau (the VF article that became Proof Of Life)

Exhibit A on Netflix

The Charley Project's page on Bianca Lily Jones, which sheds a different light on D'Andre Lane
That New Yorker article on Cameron Todd Willingham, by the great David Grann

Episode 023 on The Confession Tapes

Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean
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148: Miracle Fishing and Exhibit A

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