Suburban California crime caper on This American Life

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."

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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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/