148: Miracle Fishing and Exhibit A

The Blotter Presents

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
• Quaid In Full
• Visit Feals.com to snag that promo code
• The Best Evidence newsletter