Robert Graysmith interview - Tantorious episode 59

Robert Graysmith is the New York Times bestselling author of a number of true crime books, including The Sleeping Lady, Auto Focus, and Zodiac, the last two of which were made into major motion pictures. A San Francisco Chronicle political cartoonist and artist for 15 years, Graysmith lives in San Francisco. His new book, Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco, is a harrowing account of the hunt for a serial arsonist. In this exclusive interview, Graysmith explains why he was attracted to the story.