I have a really compelling suggestion for you today, dear reader. I recently filled in a blind spot and checked out Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio’s true crime documentary, Cropsey. And I ...

CROPSEY 1 December 16, 2010 BA Tomorrow (Friday), Reading (pronounced REDDING) Gaslamp Theaters opens the documentary "Cropsey." KPBS film critic Beth Accomando says the film serves up a real life ...

In addition to being the title of a mesmerizing, terrifying new documentary, it turns out that "Cropsey" also is the generic name given to any faceless boogeyman haunting children along ...

Every town has urban legends - mostly scary stories made up by parents to protect their children from wandering into dark alleys or unmarked streets. But what happens when urban legends become ...

Josh Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio’s documentary “Cropsey” explores the cases of five missing children on Staten Island and the origin of an urban legend.

In the 2009 true-crime documentary, Cropsey, filmmakers Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman revisit the local story that shaped their upbringing. Part meditation on fear, ...

Review: 'Cropsey' documentary takes on scapegoating. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed director, producer and writer Joshua Zeman — a leading voice in the true-crime storytelling space — with plans to find him new opportunities in documentary filmmaking ...

Is there a good Halloween documentary? The directors of “Crospey,” Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman, grew up on Staten Island hearing about a figure called Cropsey, an all-purpose boogeyman ...