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Suburban California crime caper on This American Life

Mark Frauenfelder at 10:39 am Wed, Nov 23, 2011

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Josh Bearman did an episode of This American Life episode that features "private eyes, MILFs, undercover informants, dirty cops selling drugs, sting operations in strip malls, and a reality show on Lifetime." He says "you'll be excited to find them all in this modern day, strangely madcap noir true crime story from suburban California."

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  • David Pescovitz

    Glad you posted this, Mark. I listened to it recently and thought it was terrific. It would have made a great short film documentary too. Really engrossing and crazy story.

  • joncro

    milves surely?

  • http://twitter.com/erg79 Evan G.

    Joshua Bearman expanded on the original reporting of Peter Crooks, who was interviewed for the TAL story. Crooks’ article is well worth a read:
    http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/April-2011/The-Setup/