079: The Innocent Man And Misfortune, "The Lou Pearlman Story"

Al returns to TBP to talk about Netflix's latest holiday-season bingeable, The Innocent Man, and how very much not...OK (sorry) the state of law enforcement is in Ada, Oklahoma. It's based in part on John Grisham's book about one of the two murder cases centered around false confessions; Al thinks it's one of the best she's seen of this type. *I* think that's in no small part thanks to one "Aint Peppy."

Later, the great Bryan Burrough does a lot to rescue the not-great inaugural ep of the Misfortune podcast, which tries a little too hard to be the all-dude, white-collar version of My Favorite Murder, and not quite hard enough to squelch its Buzz-and-Dave-in-the-morning tendencies. It's hard to mess up a brown-blimp-crash story, though.

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SHOW NOTES

• The Innocent Man
• Misfortune, "The Lou Pearlman Story"
• Bryan Burrough, "Mad About The Boys"
• Allison Lowe Huff on MHZ Choice's blog

Special Guest: Allison Lowe Huff.