"I've tried to, at every step of the way, reject the traditional true crime lens. Whether it was the podcast, the book I'm working on, any of the stories I worked on, it was always supposed to be one that put the police process and the victims first."

- Justin Ling, journalist, author and host of Uncover: The Village

Content Warning: this episode discussed violent crimes. The topics are sensitive in nature and may be difficult for some people.

Books discussed:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Missing from the Village by Justin Ling (out in September 2020)

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein

The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace

Podcasts discussed:

Serial

Uncover: The Village

Missing and Murdered

In the Dark

Undisclosed