Modern audiences have an appetite for true crime, and particularly stories that involve murder. As we sink deeper into our sofas to select yet another grisly crime series, here we have an investigation of our very own. But this time our crime scenes are filled not with murders and cold cases, but wi…
The final episode of series one concludes major themes such as the representation of victims, true crime narrative construction, and murder collectibles. It features an interview with true crime writer and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman (Thirteen Girls, An Unexplained Death, and the Forensic Transmissions). Audio clips: Brooks Poston on Charles Manson, Alligator Attack 911 Compilation, UFO helpline.
Murder entertainment is a lucrative business with wide consumer appeal. This episode outlines murder markets including murderbilia and true crime tours. We also consider celebrity death and the links between serial killers and fans.Host: Maria Mellins. Interviews: Michael Buchanan-Dunne on his award winning Murder Mile walk, and Dr Richard Mills, expert on The Beatles and celebrity death. Music Parallel Park, Doppelganger. Nul Tiel Records
Drawing on cases such as Amélie Delagrange, Madeleine McCann, and murder/suicide of the Harts family, we consider how true crime can be linked to cautionary ‘warning’ stories. We also reflect on the fixation with beautiful, dead women in popular culture.Host: Maria Mellins. Interviews: Dr S. Moore, expert on female victims of Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault, and retired Murder Squad detective. Music Parallel Park, Doppelganger. Nul Tiel Records.
Using case studies of Joanna Yeates and Elizabeth Stacey, this episode considers missing white woman syndrome, and the construction of female murder victims/survivors.Host: Maria Mellins. Interviews with Dr Sarah Moore, author of Crime in the Media (2014), and Dr Carole Murphy, a leading researcher from the Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery. Music by Parallel Park, Doppelganger. Nul Tiel Records.
Host: Dr Maria Mellins, Senior Lecturer Film, Criminology & Sociology.We are introduced to the central themes of risk and fear in society and consider the appeals of true crime. Clips from Ted Bundy's call to psychologist, and Ed Kemper's account of hitchhiker murders. We speak to Dr S. Moore about fear in everyday life.Artwork Lee Brooks, Music Parallel Park, Doppelganger. Nul Tiel Records. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Parallel_Park/Demonstration_1225/Doppelganger_1202
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