Mischief

Okay, for those of you in New Jersey, please try to get through Goosey Night without committing any actual felonies.

It's Mischief Night, if you prefer the more conventional terminology, or Hell Night, if you happen to come from a particularly inferior part of North Jersey, where apparently even juvenile vandalism requires a more aggressive marketing strategy.

If you know, you know.

And for all my fellow Gen Xers out there, you can finally stop worrying about having your children's Halloween candy x-rayed for razor blades.

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Over on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Osorio is taking a brief departure from the usual parade of real-life criminals to bring us something special in honor of Halloween.

This week, Carolyn turns to the great Edgar Allan Poe, the literary master of madness, murder, guilt, and the uncomfortable realization that the human mind is often considerably more terrifying than anything lurking beneath the bed.

As always, we're separating documented evidence from speculation because the truth is disturbing enough without inventing a demon to explain it.

Now, over on Criminal Mischief, I owe you a little clarification.

Last week, Carolyn pulled a fast one on us, in the nicest possible way of course, when she gave us her interview with fellow podcaster Dave Cawley about the new season of his extraordinary true crime series, Cold.

It was a great conversation, but it also meant that the second half of the case we've been following had to wait another week.

Now, I'm all for confidence.

Confidence is wonderful, but there's a difference between believing in yourself and deciding that your medical degree somehow qualifies you to defend yourself against a first-degree murder charge, particularly when the prosecution has spent years assembling a case against you and the stakes couldn't be higher.

Carolyn takes us through the trial, the evidence, the courtroom maneuvering, and the verdict while confronting the question that continues to haunt this case: What happened to Stephen Kotze, and where are his remains? That's part two of The Picture of Tomasz Kozlowski this week on Criminal Mischief.

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