# Behind the Lies: Literary True Crime with Pamela Colloff and Patrick Radden Keefe

Journalists Pamela Colloff (“Catch the Devil”) and Patrick Radden Keefe (“London Falling”), revered for their investigative and writing prowess, discuss the nuances of writing literary true crime with WAMU’s Jenn White, host of 1A. Colloff’s book profiles con artist Paul Skalnik and failures of the American justice system, while Keefe’s London’s underground crime world of crime. Sponsor: Madison Council.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 h 8 min
- By: Colloff, Pamela
- Genres: Crime
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12392/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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