Episode 4: Chatting with best mate Laura (including Beyonce and J-Dog).

In episode 4 I am joined by Laura, my best mate of over two decades. We've always chatted between ourselves about true crime and cults, and this week we discuss where our interest in true crime started, what we watch and don't watch, and get to the really hard hitting issues, such as:

Why do we want to know the details of these crimes? 

Is true crime making inroads into inclusivity and diversity?

And is Jeffrey Dahmer as famous as Beyonce? 

Join us for a bit of a laugh as we scrutinize our own engagement with murder media content.  

If you want to puzzle over these questions too, and join in over on Instagram or Facebook, here is what I asked:

• Where did your love / like of true crime start? Do you remember what you first watched or read?
• Kinds of true crime that you don’t engage with – and why?
• Do you watch / listen to / read about the same cases over again, and why? What do they offer?
• What do you think has changed – if anything – in true crime in the last few years?
• Is the deluge of Netflix documentaries adding anything to the genre?
• Where do you stand on key scholars points on serial killers and celebrity status?
• What do we learn from true crime content?

Note: When Laura mentions a Netflix documentary and recent news story, the name we meant is Lori Vallow, not Valentine. And that documentary is Sins of Our Mother, which can be found on Netflix.

I also realised when editing that I didn't introduce myself: I am your host, Dr Stella Marie Gaynor.

One more note: The sound isn't the best in this episode: Two people and one mic isn't the most ideal set up. 

Also mentioned:

Stolen: The Search for Jermain. This podcast is hosted by Connie Walker, and can be found on Spotify and all the usual podcast places. 

Klebold, S. (2016). A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine Tragedy. Ebury Publishing

Schmid, D. (2005). Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture. The University of Chicago Press

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