Hello out there, and welcome to The Crime Is Up Podcast, where we showcase the best in hardboiled, criminal tales.
There are many podcasts that discuss true crime, but not enough that feature crime fiction.
But no longer!
Meet your hosts: Will Benson and Christopher Affonco Bradley.
Hi! We’re your new neighbors. Drink?
We love crime fiction!
Chris and Will have filmmaking backgrounds and have used their skills to create movies for your ears with narration and a host of actors all lending their talents to the creation of these tough, criminal stories.
But this is not a throwback series. None of the actors are doing a Bogart impersonation; our aim is to push crime fiction into a new iteration.
Lee Marvin as Walker in Point Blank
It’s a hybrid podcast.
In addition to the original content, each week we pick a film that dovetails thematically with the story.
Will and Chris extol the virtues of film noir classics like Night and the City, and take a second look at some you might not have seen (here’s looking at you They Drive by Night starring Humphrey Bogart).
And all the while they do it with wit and humor and charm and all the characteristics you could possibly look for in two podcast hosts.
Humphrey Bogart as Paul Fabrini in They Drive by Night