The Lot on Vesper Street

True Crime is a work of fiction. Every case, victim, suspect, and investigator in this episode is invented. No real crime is depicted. A structure fire at the former Alley Hardware on Vesper Street is reported. Fire Marshal Nadia Sarraf determines it was arson, started with a petroleum-based accelerant. Michael Alley, the owner's nephew and leaseholder, confesses to setting the fire to secure an insurance payout for his financially struggling aunt, Marguerite Alley. This show does not depict sexual violence, crimes against children, or gratuitous harm. True Crime — Fiction. But the clock is real.