S21 Ep62: M*rder By Design w/ Lee Goldberg

S21 Ep62: M*rder By Design w/ Lee Goldberg

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May 26, 2026 · 2h 14m · Season 21 · Episode 62

About this episode

Lee Goldberg discusses his book 'Murder By Design' and the unique character of Edison Bixby.

True Crime Tuesday presents: Murder By Design with Screenwriter/Producer/New York Times Best Selling Author, Lee Goldberg! Edison Bixby is wealthy, handsome, and, due to a traumatic brain injury, impulsively rude. He’s also a brilliant insurance investigator who solves baffling crimes by figuring out how the design of the man-made world around us makes them possible. Enter Wally Nash: a struggling actor hired to keep Bixby from offending everyone he meets. Their first case together looks like a simple accident. Caroline Crowley took a nasty fall down a staircase at a shopping mall in front of dozens of witnesses. Video clearly shows the deadly misstep. But Bixby is certain she was murdered by design, subtly manipulated into causing her own demise. The mall itself made the crime intentional, if not inevitable. Now Bixby must prove his outrageous theory before a very cunning killer gets others on his hit list to murder themselves, too. On Today's TCT, we talk with Lee Goldberg about the unusual quirks that make up his lead character of Edison Bixby, his unique relationship with his struggling actor assistant,Wally Nash, and his even more unusual working and personal relationship…

People in this episode

Host: Darkness Radio

Guest: Lee Goldberg

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • murder investigation
  • screenwriting
  • character analysis
  • plot devices

Keywords

  • true crime
  • Edison Bixby
  • Lee Goldberg
  • murder investigation
  • whodunnit
  • plot device
  • character relationships

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Books & works: Murder By Design

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