What about a puking cat gravy boat? Fearing that true crime fandom has gone too far
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In this episode we look at people who join murderer fan clubs, go on murder-inspired vacations, or send naked pictures and love letters to serial killers.
Along the way we explore the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like, how is Cal State LA responsible for the prevention of a fascist nation? Is the word murderabilia worse than moist or even panty?
Does Merie mistakenly refer to a certain prisoner in Wisconsin by the name of a jewelry company? Whom should you buy true crime-related gifts for this Christmas, Merie or Becky? (spoiler alert: Becky)
Should you or should you not move to Waco? (spoiler alert: No.) Why the hell are we talking about some puking cat gravy boat? And, what’s all this about a deranged seagull?
Your podcast hosts also find themselves in the unlikely position of giving you advice about which items you should and should not store in your body cavities. Listen till the end to find out if you should question your life choices.
Happy Thanksgiving!
sources for this podcast episode include an article in The Week by Laura Bogart Cosmo. CNN. Psychology Today. Eonline. BBC News. Rolling Stone’s article on murderabelia. An article arguing perhaps we shouldn’t be obsessed with crime from BBC. And, do read the phenomenal book Devil in the White City.
further reading:
https://tabooless.net/stories/understanding-hybristophilia-the-fetishizing-of-serial-killers/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/elizabethlilly/gifts-for-anyone-who-wont-shut-up-about-true-crim
https://listverse.com/2018/06/04/10-creepy-fan-letters-written-to-mass-murderers-and-monsters/